balance


Meanings

  • a state of equilibrium
  • equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
  • harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); - John Ruskin
    • "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"
  • equality of distribution
  • something left after other parts have been taken away;
    • "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"
  • the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
  • (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra
  • the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22
  • (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
  • a weight that balances another weight
  • a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
  • a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
  • bring into balance or equilibrium;
    • "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"
    • "balance the two weights"
  • compute credits and debits of an account
  • hold or carry in equilibrium
  • be in equilibrium;
  • BALANCE v -ANCED, -ANCING, -ANCES to weigh


Scrabble Score: 11

balance is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

balance is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

balance is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 15

balance is a valid Words With Friends word