Words: corollary [MW]

(When a "tip" becomes an "inevitability"--where "it figures," "it follows"? Where death and taxes go, does customer service, as well as logic, follow?)

Main Entry: cor·ol·lary
Pronunciation: 'kor-&-"ler-E, 'kär-, British k&-'rä-l&-rE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -lar·ies
Etymology: Middle English corolarie, from Late Latin corollarium, from Latin, money paid for a garland, gratuity, from corolla
1 : a proposition inferred immediately from a proved proposition with little or no additional proof
2 a : something that naturally follows : RESULT b : something that incidentally or naturally accompanies or parallels
- corollary adjective