2. (noun)balance equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
3. (noun)proportion, proportionality, balance harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
"in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin
4. (noun)balance, equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance equality of distribution
5. (noun)remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest something left after other parts have been taken away
"there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"
6. (noun)balance the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
7. (noun)Libra, Balance (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra
8. (noun)Libra, Libra the Balance, Balance, Libra the Scales the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22
9. (noun)symmetry, symmetricalness, correspondence, balance (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
10. (noun)counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance, equalizer, equaliser a weight that balances another weight
11. (noun)balance wheel, balance 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
12. (noun)balance a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
13. (verb)balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise bring into balance or equilibrium
"She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights"
14. (verb)balance compute credits and debits of an account
15. (verb)poise, balance hold or carry in equilibrium
16. (verb)balance be in equilibrium
"He was balancing on one foot"
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