finding

noun

1. A result of research or an investigation.
2. A formal conclusion by a judge, jury or regulatory agency on issues of fact.
3. That which is found, a find, a discovery.
4. The act of discovering something by chance, an instance of finding something by chance.
5. (Canada, US)Tools or materials used in shoe making or repair.

   “Boot and Shoe Findings and Leather Establishments[…] Yocum & Wilson, 225 n 2d st, Shoe Findings, Leather, Last, and Shoe Peg Warehouse”

6. A self-contained component of assembled jewellery.

   “They manufacture jewlers’ findings, morocco, plush and velvet jewelry cases, paper boxes, morocco boxes, jewelry cards, tags, etc.”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of find