balance
IPA: bˈæɫʌns
noun
- (uncountable) A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
- (uncountable) Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed.
- (literally or figuratively) Something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight.
- A pair of scales.
- (uncountable) Awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity.
- (uncountable) The overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately "weighs" more than others.
- (uncountable) Apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.).
- (accounting) A list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.
- (accounting) The result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.
- (watchmaking) A device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.
- (law, business) The remainder.
- (obsolete, astrology) Libra.
verb
- (transitive) To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.
- (transitive, figurative) To make (concepts) agree.
- (transitive) To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling.
- (transitive) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.
- (transitive, dance) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally.
- (nautical) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass.
- (transitive) To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.
- (intransitive) To be in equilibrium.
- (intransitive) To have matching credits and debits.
- (transitive, obsolete) To weigh in a balance.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To hesitate or fluctuate.
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Examples of "balance" in Sentences
- The balance was asymmetric.
- Leave the balance to the reader.
- The balance of the additive is water.
- Balance is in the eye of the beholder.
- A sort of beneficent balance was struck.
- Also, the rest of the section is balanced.
- Equal is balanced by the prominence of the views.
- But the balance of power in the country is shifting.
- Because of the coefficients, the equation is balanced.
- I'm a math genius, and I can't even balance my own checkbook.
- Bluntly, the phrase balance of power was a code word for hegemony.
- To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better.
- "Leaper," he said, "do you understand what is meant by the term 'balance of power'?"
- Again balance is a consideration - mixing up lengths and (in particular, in this case) tone.
- But while an act of self-control can restore the proper temper and balance to the mind when it is in danger, _the best way is to keep it so that it will not go off the balance_.
- Ways I feel could address this power in balance is moves such as reducing (possibly removing) the party whips and their power to court and bribe, or even force, MPs to vote in a certain way.
- -- Update users balance update accounts a, bh_sessions p set a. balance = a. balance+ (copyA3_cost+copyA4_cost) + (printA4_cost+printA3_cost) where p. accountid = a. accountid and sessionstate = 'closed' and p. processed = 0 and p. guid = guid;
- With his invention of the term balance sheet deflation, Richard Koo of Nomura Research Institute has described such an economic trap in which credit stops growing, not because banks do not want to lend, but because companies and households do not want to borrow.