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    bal·ance
    [ˈbaləns]
    noun
    balance (noun) · balances (plural noun) · the Balance (noun) · balance wheel (noun) · balance wheels (plural noun)
    1. an even distribution of weight enabling someone or something to remain upright and steady:
      "she lost her balance before falling" · "slipping in the mud but keeping their balance"
      Opposite:
      • sailing
        the ability of a boat to stay on course without adjustment of the rudder.
    2. an apparatus for weighing, especially one with a central pivot, beam, and a pair of scales.
      Similar:
      weighing machine
      weighbridge
      • (the Balance)
        the constellation or sign of the zodiac Libra.
    3. a predominating weight or amount; the majority:
      "the balance of opinion was that work was more important than leisure"
    4. a figure representing the difference between credits and debits in an account; the amount of money held in an account:
      "he accumulated a healthy balance with the savings bank"
    verb
    balance (verb) · balances (third person present) · balanced (past tense) · balanced (past participle) · balancing (present participle)
    1. keep or put (something) in a steady position so that it does not fall:
      "a mug that she balanced on her knee"
      • remain in a steady position without falling:
        "Richard balanced on the ball of one foot"
    2. offset or compare the value of (one thing) with another:
      "the cost of obtaining such information needs to be balanced against its benefits"
    3. compare debits and credits in (an account), typically to ensure that they are equal:
      "the law requires the council to balance its books each year"
    Origin
    Middle English (in balance): from Old French balance (noun), balancer (verb), based on late Latin (libra) bilanx ‘(balance) having two scale pans’, from bi- ‘twice, having two’ + lanx ‘scale pan’.
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