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
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 11
balance is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordbalance 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