balancé /bal-ã-sāˈ/ (French; ballet)

A rocking step taking the weight from one foot to the other

balance /balˈəns/

1. Equilibrium
2. What is needed to produce equilibrium, a counterpoise
3. Harmony among the parts of anything
4. Stability of body or mind
5. Equality or just proportion of weight or power
6. The sum required to make the two sides of an account equal, hence the surplus, or the sum due (bookkeeping)
7. The process of balancing an account, or the tabular representation of this (bookkeeping)
8. The remainder
9. The act of weighing two things
10. An instrument for weighing, usu formed of two dishes or scales hanging from a beam supported in the middle
11. (with cap and the) Libra
12. A contrivance that regulates the speed of a clock or watch

1. To set or keep in equilibrium
2. To counterpoise
3. To compare
4. To weigh in a balance
5. To settle (eg an account)
6. To examine and test so as to make the debt and credit sides of an account agree (bookkeeping)

1. To have equal weight or power, etc
2. To be or come to be in equilibrium
3. To hesitate or fluctuate
4. In dancing, to match one's partner's steps to and fro
5. (of accounts) to have the credit and debit sides equal (bookkeeping)

balˈanced adjective

1. Poised so as to preserve equilibrium
2. Stable, well-adjusted
3. Fair, unbiased
4. (of a meal, diet, etc) containing a combination of the types of food necessary for good health

balˈancer noun

1. A person who, or that which, balances
2. An acrobat
3. A fly's rudimentary hindwing (see also halteres)

balanced flue noun

A sealed unit which both takes its air for combustion from outside the building and discharges the gases produced to the outside

balanced pair noun (telecommunications)

Two wires which are electrically balanced to each other and earth

balance sheet noun

1. A statement which shows the assets and liabilities of a company on a specified date
2. A summary and balance of accounts

balance wheel noun

A wheel in a watch or chronometer which regulates the beat or rate

balancing act noun

1. An entertainment in which someone performs a feat of keeping himself or herself or objects in equilibrium
2. An attempt to keep several tasks in progress at once or reconcile various different demands

balance of mind

Sanity

balance of nature

Ecological equilibrium caused by interdependence

balance of payments

The difference over a stated period between a nation's total receipts (in all forms) from foreign countries and its total payments to foreign countries

balance of power

1. A state of equilibrium of forces in which no nation or group of nations has the resources to go to war with another or others with likelihood of success
2. Potentially decisive power held by a third party when two others are in equilibrium

balance of trade

The difference in value between a country's imports and exports

in the balance

1. Unsettled
2. Undecided

off balance

1. Unstable, esp mentally or emotionally
2. In a state of unreadiness to respond to an attack, challenge, etc

on balance

Having taken everything into consideration

strike a balance

To choose a middle-of-the-road decision

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