ALL meanings of balance
bal·an·cé
B b - verb balance If you balance something somewhere, or if it balances there, it remains steady and does not fall. 3
- uncountable noun balance Balance is the ability to remain steady when you are standing up. 3
- verb balance If you balance one thing with something different, each of the things has the same strength or importance. 3
- singular noun balance A balance is a situation in which all the different parts are equal in strength or importance. 3
- singular noun balance If you say that the balance tips in your favour, you start winning or succeeding, especially in a conflict or contest. 3
- verb balance If you balance one thing against another, you consider its importance in relation to the other one. 3
- verb balance If someone balances their budget or if a government balances the economy of a country, they make sure that the amount of money that is spent is not greater than the amount that is received. 3
- verb balance If you balance your books or make them balance, you prove by calculation that the amount of money you have received is equal to the amount that you have spent. 3
- countable noun balance The balance in your bank account is the amount of money you have in it. 3
- singular noun balance The balance of an amount of money is what remains to be paid for something or what remains when part of the amount has been spent. 3
- noun balance a weighing device, generally consisting of a horizontal beam pivoted at its centre, from the ends of which two pans are suspended. The substance to be weighed is placed in one pan and known weights are placed in the other until the beam returns to the horizontal 3
- noun balance an imagined device for assessing events, actions, motives, etc, in relation to each other (esp in the phrases weigh in the balance, hang in the balance) 3
- noun balance a state of equilibrium 3
- noun balance something that brings about such a state 3
- noun balance equilibrium of the body; steadiness 3
- noun balance emotional stability; calmness of mind 3
- noun balance harmony in the parts of a whole 3
- noun balance the act of weighing factors, quantities, etc, against each other 3
- noun balance the power to influence or control 3
- noun balance something that remains or is left 3
- noun balance equality of debit and credit totals in an account 3
- noun balance a difference between such totals 3
- noun balance the state of a chemical equation in which the number, kind, electrical charges, etc, of the atoms on opposite sides are equal 3
- noun balance a balancing movement 3
- verb balance to weigh in or as if in a balance 3
- verb balance to be or come into equilibrium 3
- verb balance to bring into or hold in equilibrium 3
- verb balance to assess or compare the relative weight, importance, etc, of 3
- verb balance to act so as to equalize; be equal to 3
- verb balance to compose or arrange so as to create a state of harmony 3
- verb balance to bring (a chemical or mathematical equation) into balance 3
- verb balance to compute the credit and debit totals of (an account) in order to determine the difference 3
- verb balance to equalize the credit and debit totals of (an account) by making certain entries 3
- verb balance to settle or adjust (an account) by paying any money due 3
- verb balance (of a business account, balance sheet, etc) to have the debit and credit totals equal 3
- verb balance to match or counter (one's dancing partner or his or her steps) by moving towards and away from him or her 3
- noun balance an instrument for weighing, esp. one that opposes equal weights, as in two matched shallow pans hanging from either end of a lever supported exactly in the middle; scales 3
- noun balance the imaginary scales of fortune or fate, as an emblem of justice or the power to decide 3
- noun balance the power or ability to decide 3
- noun balance a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equality in amount, weight, value, or importance, as between two things or the parts of a thing 3
- noun balance bodily equilibrium or stability 3
- noun balance mental or emotional stability 3
- noun balance the pleasing harmony of various elements in a design, painting, musical composition, etc.; harmonious proportion 3
- noun balance a setting of clauses, phrases, ideas, etc. in parallel constructions for rhetorical effect 3
- noun balance a weight, force, effect, etc. that counteracts another or causes equilibrium; counterpoise 3
- noun balance the point along an object's length at which there is equilibrium 3
- noun balance equality of debits and credits in an account 3
- noun balance the excess of credits over debits or of debits over credits 3
- noun balance the amount still owed after a partial settlement 3
- noun balance whatever is left over; remainder 3