self-balancingadj.

Brit.

/ˌsɛlfˈbalənsɪŋ/,

/ˌsɛlfˈbaln̩sɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌsɛlfˈbælənsɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, balancing adj.

Etymology: < self- prefix + balancing adj. Compare earlier self-balanced adj. at self- prefix 2a(a)(ii).

1. Of an object or device: designed to balance itself automatically; (more widely) automatically producing balance or equilibrium between opposing forces or effects.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [adjective] > other specific parts

self-balancing1796

epicyclic1841

slotted1849

reversing1864

kinematic1876

self-aligning1889

knock-off1896

underslung1909

self-cancelling1933

knock-on1952

toleranced1953

select1974

1796 T. Sheraton App. to Cabinet-maker & Upholster's Drawing-bk. (ed. 2) Descriptive Index sig. Q2 Cabinets... Ditto, with a self-balancing front, and convenience at each end for tea equipage.

1846 Daily News 8 Sept. A highly polished mahogany table occupies the centre, the entire fitted with self-balancing lamps.

1912 Chambers's Jrnl. Sept. 638/1 An upright position is always assured when the car is stationary, a continuous self-balancing motion being given to the vehicle.

1959 C. G. Little & H. Leinbach in Proc. IRE 47 315/2 The riometer is a self-balancing receiving system in which a local noise source is continuously made equal to the noise power from the antenna.

2015 BBC Focus Dec. 98/3 You may have seen people riding Swegways—self-balancing electric scooters that look like a Segway without handlebars.

a. Of a business, industry, economy, etc.: that achieves (or tends to achieve) financial balance of its own accord or through market mechanisms. Also: designating a force or mechanism whereby a business, economy, etc., does this.

ΚΠ

1833 H. Martineau Messrs. Vanderput & Snoek 140 A self-balancing power being thus inherent in the entire system of commercial exchange.

1856 Ohio Cultivator 15 May 148/1 Leave trade to regulate itself, by its own self-balancing and self-compensating tendencies.

1953 Chambers's Jrnl. June 343/1 Catering generally is a profitable or at least self-balancing item in the seaside resort budget.

1964 R. B. Notestein in I. L. Horowitz New Sociol. 52 The economy was self-balancing, with authority exerted by impersonal regional markets.

2009 New Statesman 7 Sept. 42/2 The political ascendancy of neoliberalism in the 1980s re-established belief in the capitalist economy as a self-balancing mechanism.

b. Accounting and Bookkeeping. Designating an account, ledger, or accounting system constructed so that the debit side of the accountable items should always balance the credit side due to double entry of each transaction (see double entry n. at double adj.¹ and adv. Compounds 1), thereby allowing any accounting errors to be easily identified. Also: forming a component of or employing such an accounting system. Frequently in self-balancing ledger.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > book-keeping > methods of

double entry1721

single entrya1831

self-balancing1854

T account1936

LIFO1945

fifo1975

1854 Pop. Educator IV. 214/2 All the self-balancing accounts being closed up, the Trial Balance is now to be made out.

1883 Amer. Counting-room Sept. 147/2 The modern devices of slip-posting, impression-copying and self-balancing ledgers are used in combination.

1898 S. S. Dawson Accountant's Compend. 350/2 In a system of controlling accounts it is possible to render each Ledger self-balancing.

1922 F. W. Pixley Accountant's Dict. II. 856/2 It is possible, even where no adequate system of Self-Balancing Ledgers has been instituted..to balance the ledgers..separately.

1991 Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 17 Mar. 19 a/5 In the public sector, each fund has its own self-balancing ledger.

2003 M. H. Granof & P. S. Wardlow Core Concepts Govt. & Not-for-profit Accounting ii. 21 Each fund has its own self-balancing set of accounts from which separate financial statements can be prepared.

c. With reference to the U.K. budget: designating revenue (or expenditure) accounted as balancing associated expenditure (or revenue), and therefore excluded from the official budget totals. Now historical.

ΚΠ

1928 Financial Statem. (1928–29) 18 (table) in Parl. Papers (H.C. 62) XIII. 161 Self-balancing revenue and expenditure. Post Office.—Revenue required to meet Post Office expenditure.

1931 Economist 3 Jan. 7/2 The gross figures, including self-balancing revenue, show receipts from all sources amounting to £486.5 millions.

1960 Economist 5 Apr. 73/1 The provision for Post Office self-balancing revenue and expenditure in the budget will disappear.

2013 R. Middleton in N. Crafts & P. Fearon Great Depression 1930s viii. 215 B_c represents the official (principally central government at this time) budget balance of ordinary and self-balancing revenue..less expenditure.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	self-balancing
释义	self-balancingadj. Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈbalənsɪŋ/, /ˌsɛlfˈbaln̩sɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈbælənsɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, balancing adj. Etymology: < self- prefix + balancing adj. Compare earlier self-balanced adj. at self- prefix 2a(a)(ii). 1. Of an object or device: designed to balance itself automatically; (more widely) automatically producing balance or equilibrium between opposing forces or effects. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [adjective] > other specific parts self-balancing1796 epicyclic1841 slotted1849 reversing1864 kinematic1876 self-aligning1889 knock-off1896 underslung1909 self-cancelling1933 knock-on1952 toleranced1953 select1974 1796 T. Sheraton App. to Cabinet-maker & Upholster's Drawing-bk. (ed. 2) Descriptive Index sig. Q2 Cabinets... Ditto, with a self-balancing front, and convenience at each end for tea equipage. 1846 Daily News 8 Sept. A highly polished mahogany table occupies the centre, the entire fitted with self-balancing lamps. 1912 Chambers's Jrnl. Sept. 638/1 An upright position is always assured when the car is stationary, a continuous self-balancing motion being given to the vehicle. 1959 C. G. Little & H. Leinbach in Proc. IRE 47 315/2 The riometer is a self-balancing receiving system in which a local noise source is continuously made equal to the noise power from the antenna. 2015 BBC Focus Dec. 98/3 You may have seen people riding Swegways—self-balancing electric scooters that look like a Segway without handlebars. 2. a. Of a business, industry, economy, etc.: that achieves (or tends to achieve) financial balance of its own accord or through market mechanisms. Also: designating a force or mechanism whereby a business, economy, etc., does this. ΚΠ 1833 H. Martineau Messrs. Vanderput & Snoek 140 A self-balancing power being thus inherent in the entire system of commercial exchange. 1856 Ohio Cultivator 15 May 148/1 Leave trade to regulate itself, by its own self-balancing and self-compensating tendencies. 1953 Chambers's Jrnl. June 343/1 Catering generally is a profitable or at least self-balancing item in the seaside resort budget. 1964 R. B. Notestein in I. L. Horowitz New Sociol. 52 The economy was self-balancing, with authority exerted by impersonal regional markets. 2009 New Statesman 7 Sept. 42/2 The political ascendancy of neoliberalism in the 1980s re-established belief in the capitalist economy as a self-balancing mechanism. b. Accounting and Bookkeeping. Designating an account, ledger, or accounting system constructed so that the debit side of the accountable items should always balance the credit side due to double entry of each transaction (see double entry n. at double adj.¹ and adv. Compounds 1), thereby allowing any accounting errors to be easily identified. Also: forming a component of or employing such an accounting system. Frequently in self-balancing ledger. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > book-keeping > methods of double entry1721 single entrya1831 self-balancing1854 T account1936 LIFO1945 fifo1975 1854 Pop. Educator IV. 214/2 All the self-balancing accounts being closed up, the Trial Balance is now to be made out. 1883 Amer. Counting-room Sept. 147/2 The modern devices of slip-posting, impression-copying and self-balancing ledgers are used in combination. 1898 S. S. Dawson Accountant's Compend. 350/2 In a system of controlling accounts it is possible to render each Ledger self-balancing. 1922 F. W. Pixley Accountant's Dict. II. 856/2 It is possible, even where no adequate system of Self-Balancing Ledgers has been instituted..to balance the ledgers..separately. 1991 Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 17 Mar. 19 a/5 In the public sector, each fund has its own self-balancing ledger. 2003 M. H. Granof & P. S. Wardlow Core Concepts Govt. & Not-for-profit Accounting ii. 21 Each fund has its own self-balancing set of accounts from which separate financial statements can be prepared. c. With reference to the U.K. budget: designating revenue (or expenditure) accounted as balancing associated expenditure (or revenue), and therefore excluded from the official budget totals. Now historical. ΚΠ 1928 Financial Statem. (1928–29) 18 (table) in Parl. Papers (H.C. 62) XIII. 161 Self-balancing revenue and expenditure. Post Office.—Revenue required to meet Post Office expenditure. 1931 Economist 3 Jan. 7/2 The gross figures, including self-balancing revenue, show receipts from all sources amounting to £486.5 millions. 1960 Economist 5 Apr. 73/1 The provision for Post Office self-balancing revenue and expenditure in the budget will disappear. 2013 R. Middleton in N. Crafts & P. Fearon Great Depression 1930s viii. 215 B_c represents the official (principally central government at this time) budget balance of ordinary and self-balancing revenue..less expenditure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1796
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