Align a parbox at the bottom of a table

Question

Below, how can I align the \tiny text in the \parbox at the end of the right column table so that its last line is on level with the last row of the left column table?

In general, it would not be a problem if the parbox was moved out of the right table. Edit: I would like to stick with a two-table solution, because otherwise the tex-source will get very confusing. The rows in both tables always have the same baseline, however.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{array}
\begin{document}
\scriptsize
\begin{tabular}[t]{ll}
\begin{tabular}[t]{@{}l@{}@{}l@{}@{}l@{}}
Definition of & Definition & Definition and \\
Definition of & Definition & Definition and \\
Dynamic & Validation & Validation of \\
of & Definition & Definition and \\
Definition& Validation & Validation of \\
Definition of & Definition & Definition and \\
of Dynamic & Validation & Validation of \\
Dynamic & Validation & Validation of \\
\end{tabular} 
&
\begin{tabular}[t]{@{}p{2cm}@{}p{2.5cm}@{}}
market risk & found in funds \\
market options & found in changes of \\
market options & found in funds \\
\\
\\
\multicolumn{2}{@{}l@{}}{\parbox{4.5cm}{\tiny \spacing{0.8}
To compensate for that, add 5 the following that it cannot 
just use since they do not want the add they the following that 
it cannot find where they went \endspacing}}
\end{tabular}
\end{tabular}
\end{document}

Answer 1

Perhaps it is simpler to use a single tabular. And some \smash magic.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{array}
\begin{document}
\scriptsize
\begin{tabular}[t]{@{}l@{}@{}l@{}@{}l@{ }p{2cm}@{}p{2.5cm}@{}}
Definition of & Definition & Definition and & market risk & found in funds\\
Definition of & Definition & Definition and & market options & found in changes of \\
Dynamic & Validation & Validation of & market options & found in funds \\
of & Definition & Definition and & & \\
Definition& Validation & Validation of & & \\
Definition of & Definition & Definition and & & \\
of Dynamic & Validation & Validation of & & \\
Dynamic & Validation & Validation of &
\multicolumn{2}{@{}l@{}}{\smash{\parbox[b]{4.5cm}{\tiny 
To compensate for that, add 5 the following that it cannot 
just use since they do not want the add they the following that 
it cannot find where they went}}} \\
\end{tabular}
\end{document}

I just added an intercolumn space between the original left and right tables. Also I removed the \spacing and \endspacing commands which seem to cause the tiny text to shift a bit towards the bottom.

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Or, with two tables as in your original code (but I think one should put some struts in the rows to be sure they will have the same height):

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{array}
\begin{document}
\scriptsize
\begin{tabular}[t]{ll}
\begin{tabular}[t]{@{}l@{}@{}l@{}@{}l@{}}
Definition of & Definition & Definition and \\
Definition of & Definition & Definition and \\
Dynamic & Validation & Validation of \\
of & Definition & Definition and \\
Definition& Validation & Validation of \\
Definition of & Definition & Definition and \\
of Dynamic & Validation & Validation of \\
Dynamic & Validation & Validation of \\
\end{tabular} 
&
\begin{tabular}[t]{@{}p{2cm}@{}p{2.5cm}@{}}
market risk & found in funds \\
market options & found in changes of \\
market options & found in funds \\
\\
\\ \\ \\ 
\multicolumn{2}{@{}l@{}}{\smash{\parbox[b]{4.5cm}{\tiny 
To compensate for that, add 5 the following that it cannot 
just use since they do not want the add they the following that 
it cannot find where they went }}}
\end{tabular}
\end{tabular}
\end{document}