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Reveal this person will accept company result (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

outcome

'result' is the definition.
('outcome' can be a synonym of 'result')

'reveal this person will accept company' is the wordplay.
'reveal' becomes 'out' (outing is a kind of revealing).
'this person' becomes 'me' (I've seen this in other clues).
'will accept' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'out'+'me'='outme'
'outme' enclosing 'co' is 'OUTCOME'.

(Other definitions for outcome that I've seen before include "Consequence, effect" , "answer" , "Eventuality" , "Result or consequence" , "Cute moo (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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