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Noun balance has 12 senses

balance - a state of equilibrium
--₁ is a kind of equilibrium
Antonyms: imbalance, instability, unbalance
--₁ has particulars: tension; electrolyte balance; nitrogen balance
Derived forms: verb balance₄, verb balance₁, verb balance₃
balance - a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
--₂ is a kind of scale, weighing machine
--₂ has particulars:
beam balance; electronic balance; microbalance; spring balance, spring scale; steelyard, lever scale, beam scale
balance - equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
--₃ is a kind of equality
--₃ is a part of account, accounting, account statement
--₃ has particulars: trial balance
Derived form: verb balance₂
proportion, 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 is a kind of placement, arrangement
balance, equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance - equality of distribution
--₅ is a kind of structure, construction
--₅ has particulars: conformation; symmetry, proportion
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 is a kind of part, portion, component part, component
--₆ has particulars: leftover, remnant
balance - the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
--₇ is a kind of remainder, difference
--₇ has particulars:
balance of trade, trade balance, visible balance, trade gap; carry-over, carry-forward; compensating balance, offsetting balance; invisible balance
Libra, Balance - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun in in Libra
--₈ is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
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 is a kind of sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house
symmetry, symmetricalness, correspondence, balance - (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
--₁₀ is a kind of spatial property, spatiality
--₁₀ has particulars:
regularity, geometrical regularity; bilaterality, bilateralism, bilateral symmetry; radial symmetry
counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance, equalizer, equaliser - an equivalent counterbalancing weight
--₁₁ is a kind of weight
--₁₁ has particulars: sash weight; tare
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 is a kind of wheel
--₁₂ is a part of timepiece, timekeeper

Verb balance has 4 senses

balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise - bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights"
--₁ is one way to match, fit
Antonyms: unbalance

Derived form: noun balance₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
balance - compute credits and debits of an account
--₂ is one way to account, calculate

Derived form: noun balance₃
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
poise, balance - hold or carry in equilibrium
--₃ is one way to hold, carry, bear

Derived forms: noun balance₁, noun balancer₂, noun balancer₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
balance - be in equilibrium; "He was balancing on one foot"
--₄ is one way to be

Derived forms: noun balance₁, noun balancer₂, noun balancer₁
Sample sentences:
The children balance in the rocking chair
There balance some children in the rocking chair