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21 items found for your search: 'balance'. Search for another word. keyword: search for word fulltext search in phrases search in definitions Keyword Word Type Definition US pronunciation balance (N.)  An apparatus for weighing.  ',  balance (N.)  Act of weighing mentally; comparison; estimate.  ',  balance (N.)  Equipoise between the weights in opposite scales.  ',  balance (N.)  The state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even adjustment; steadiness.  ',  balance (N.)  An equality between the sums total of the two sides of an account; as, to bring one's accounts to a balance; -- also, the excess on either side; as, the balance of an account.  ',  balance (N.)  A balance wheel, as of a watch, or clock. See Balance wheel (in the Vocabulary).  ',  balance (N.)  The constellation Libra.  ',  balance (N.)  The seventh sign in the Zodiac, called Libra, which the sun enters at the equinox in September.  ',  balance (N.)  A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. i., S.  ',  balance (N.)  To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance.  ',  Keyword Word Type Definition US pronunciation balance (N.)  To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight rope.  ',  balance (N.)  To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; to counterpoise, counterbalance, counteract, or neutralize.  ',  balance (N.)  To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.  ',  balance (N.)  To settle and adjust, as an account; to make two accounts equal by paying the difference between them.  ',  balance (N.)  To make the sums of the debits and credits of an account equal; -- said of an item; as, this payment, or credit, balances the account.  ',  balance (N.)  To arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits; as, to balance a set of books.  ',  balance (N.)  To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally; as, to balance partners.  ',  balance (N.)  To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass; as, to balance the boom mainsail.  ',  balance (V. I.)  To have equal weight on each side; to be in equipoise; as, the scales balance.  ',  balance (V. I.)  To fluctuate between motives which appear of equal force; to waver; to hesitate.  ',  Keyword Word Type Definition US pronunciation balance (V. I.)  To move toward a person or couple, and then back.  ',  Search took 0 second.

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