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[Noun] | "bal*ance" | \ ˈba-lən(t)s \

1: physical equilibrium

2: the ability to retain one's balance

3: mental and emotional steadiness

Origin: 13th century ;

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *bilancia, from Late Latin bilanc-, bilanx having two scalepans, from Latin bi- + lanc-, lanx plate;

(1) - { checks and balances } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Noun] | "checks and balances"

1: a system that allows each branch of a government to amend, override, or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from exerting too much power or power beyond its authority; broadly : a system in which power and control is distributed and counterbalanced (as to prevent unethical or harmful actions)

Origin: 1777 ;

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[Noun] | "nitrogen balance"

1: the difference between nitrogen intake and nitrogen loss in the body or the soil

Origin: 1897 ;

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[Noun] | "platform balance"

1: a balance having a platform on which objects are weighed —called also platform scale

Origin: 1811 ;

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[Noun] | "trial balance"

1: a list of the debit and credit balances of accounts in a double-entry ledger at a given date prepared primarily to test their equality

Origin: 1838 ;

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[Noun] | "water balance"

1: the ratio between the water assimilated into the body and that lost from the body; also : the condition of the body when this ratio approximates equilibrium

Origin: 1888 ;

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[Verb] | "balance"

1: to poise or arrange in or as if in balance

2: to bring into harmony or proportion

3: to bring to a state or position of balance

Origin: 1588 ;

See: {balance:1 };

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[Noun phrase] | "balance of payments"

1: a summary of the international transactions of a country or region over a period of time including commodity and service transactions, capital transactions, and gold movements

Origin: 1770 ;

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[Noun phrase] | "balance of power"

1: an equilibrium of power sufficient to discourage or prevent one nation or party from imposing its will on or interfering with the interests of another

Origin: 1679 ;

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[Noun phrase] | "balance of trade"

1: the difference in value over a period of time between a country's imports and exports

Origin: 1668 ;

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[Noun] | "balances"

1: a device for measuring weight;

* e.g., " ... use a balance to make sure you get the amounts precisely correct "

Synonyms :
scales

Antonyms :
(N/A)

2: a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective;

* e.g., " ... the balance to the mountain of complaints are the many letters of praise that we also receive "

Antonyms :
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3: a remaining group or portion;

* e.g., " ... and the balance of the contestants should stand in that last corner "

Antonyms :
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[Noun] | "balance"

1: a condition in which opposing forces are equal to one another;

* e.g., " ... in order to determine the weight of that beaker, you need to get the two pans of the scale in perfect balance "

2: a balanced, pleasing, or suitable arrangement of parts;

* e.g., " ... the balance of the landscaping is in keeping with the symmetry of so many 18th-century mansions "

3: a device for measuring weight;

* e.g., " ... use a balance to make sure you get the amounts precisely correct "

Synonyms :
scale

Antonyms :
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[Verb] | "balances"

1: to make equal in amount, degree, or status;

* e.g., " ... tried to balance the total amount of money spent on gifts for each child "

Antonyms :
dives (in),
plunges (in)

2: to show uncertainty about the right course of action;

* e.g., " ... his tendency to balance and waffle on certain hot-button issues may hurt him in the general election "

Antonyms :
repudiates

3: to give what is owed for;

* e.g., " ... she had to balance her account with the hotel before checking out of her room "

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[Verb] | "balance"

1: to make equal in amount, degree, or status;

* e.g., " ... tried to balance the total amount of money spent on gifts for each child "

Synonyms :
equalize,
equate,
even,
level

Antonyms :
dive (in),
plunge (in)

2: to show uncertainty about the right course of action;

* e.g., " ... his tendency to balance and waffle on certain hot-button issues may hurt him in the general election "

Antonyms :
repudiate

3: to give what is owed for;

* e.g., " ... she had to balance her account with the hotel before checking out of her room "

Antonyms :
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