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balance
English
Alternative forms
- balaunce (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English balaunce, from Middle French balance, from Late Latin *bilancia, from (accusative form of) Latin bilanx (“two-scaled”), from bi- + lanx (“plate, scale”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bæl?ns/
- Rhymes: -æl?ns
Noun
balance (countable and uncountable, plural balances)
- (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.
Synonyms
- (scales): pair of scales, set of scales, scales, weighing machine, weighbridge (for vehicles)
- (equilibrium): equilibrium
- (support for both viewpoints): disinterest, even-handedness, fairness, impartiality, neutrality, nonpartisanship
- (list of credits and debits): account
Antonyms
- (equilibrium): nonequilibrium, imbalance, unbalance
- (support for both viewpoints): bias, favor/favour, partiality, partisanship, prejudice, unfairness
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
balance (third-person singular simple present balances, present participle balancing, simple past and past participle balanced)
- (transitive) To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.
- (transitive, figuratively) To make (concepts) agree.
- 2014', Peter Melville Logan, Olakunle George, Susan Hegeman, The Encyclopedia of the Novel
- the Proteus Principle helps to qualify and balance the concepts of narrators and of narrative situations as previously developed in classical studies by G erard Genette and Franz Stanzel.
- 2014', Peter Melville Logan, Olakunle George, Susan Hegeman, The Encyclopedia of the Novel
- (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, dancing) 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.
- I am very well satisfied that it is not in my power to balance accounts with my Maker.
- (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.
Derived terms
- balanced
- balance out
- balance the books
Translations
See also
- balance on Wikiversity.Wikiversity
Anagrams
- belacan
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *bilancia, from Latin bilanx, from bi- (see Latin bis) and lanx.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.l??s/
Noun
balance f (plural balances)
- scales
- (chemistry, physics) balance
- (economics, electricity, politics) balance
- (fishing) drop-net
- (slang) informant, snitch
- (Louisiana) the rest, the remainder
- (Louisiana) a scale, more specifically a balancing scale
Derived terms
- peser dans la balance
Related terms
- balancer
- balançoire
Verb
balance
- first-person singular present indicative of balancer
- third-person singular present indicative of balancer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of balancer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of balancer
- second-person singular imperative of balancer
Further reading
- “balance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- bancale
Latin
Noun
balance
- ablative singular of balanx
Middle English
Noun
balance
- Alternative form of balaunce
Middle French
Noun
balance f (plural balances)
- scales (weighing scales)
Portuguese
Verb
balance
- first-person singular present subjunctive of balançar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of balançar
- third-person singular imperative of balançar
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin *bilancia, from Latin bilanx, from bi- (see Latin bis) and lanx.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ba?lan?e/, [ba?lãn?.?e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ba?lanse/, [ba?lãn.se]
Noun
balance m (plural balances)
- (accounting) balance
- balance; weighing up
- 1988, Mecano, Un año más (written by Nacho Cano)
- Cinco minutos màs para la cuenta atrás
Hacemos el balance de lo bueno y malo
- Cinco minutos màs para la cuenta atrás
- 1988, Mecano, Un año más (written by Nacho Cano)
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overbalance
English
Etymology
From over- +? balance.
Pronunciation
- (verb) IPA(key): /???v?(?)?bæl?ns/
- (noun) IPA(key): /???v?(?)?bæl?ns/
Verb
overbalance (third-person singular simple present overbalances, present participle overbalancing, simple past and past participle overbalanced)
- To be more important than; to outweigh. [from 16th c.]
- 1793, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 225:
- I thought of giving up this club, which was expensive and of no service to me, and the amusement overbalanced by the late hours.
- 1793, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 225:
- (transitive) To cause an imbalance in (something) by means of excess weight or numbers. [from 17th c.]
- (transitive) To throw (someone or something) off balance; to cause to capsize. [from 19th c.]
- (intransitive) To lose one's balance; to fall over. [from 19th c.]
Noun
overbalance (plural overbalances)
- Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent.
- an overbalance of exports
- a. 1758, Jonathan Edwards, Original Sin
- […] if there is in man's nature a tendency to guilt and ill desert in a vast overbalance to virtue and merit […]
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