transitive. To balance (a book or sheet of accounts); to strike a balance: see balance, n.1 17b. Also, to reach (a figure, loss, or profit) by…

transitive. To balance (an account, etc.).

transitive. To balance or settle (an account, etc.). Also in extended use.

transitive. To settle or balance (an account, reckoning, etc.); to settle (a debt); to square. Also (and in later use chiefly) figurative, esp. with…

To make such entries in an account or set of accounts as make the two sides equal; to produce an equality in the total amounts of the debit and…

To balance, settle (accounts). Obsolete.

To bring to an equality on both sides; to make even so as to leave no difference; to balance. With accounts as object. Frequently figurative.

transitive. Bookkeeping. To make (an account) consistent with another, esp. by allowing for transactions begun but not yet completed (as when a…

transitive. Accounting and Bookkeeping. To reconcile or balance (discrepant amounts, accounts, books, etc.).

transitive and intransitive. With up. To count and reconcile (the takings) at a cash register, etc., after a period of trading.