by-product
Etymology

From by- + product.

Noun

by-product (plural by-products)

  1. Something made incidentally during the production of something else.
  2. A consequence, especially a side effect.
    The many Indian restaurants all over Britain are a by-product of the large waves of immigration from the subcontinent.
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