A device used for recreation, athletic training, circus acts, etc. consisting of a rectangular or circular board on a fulcrum on which board the user attempts to balance.

(entertainment) A performance that involves balancing things precariously and suspensefully. / (figuratively, idiomatic) An effort to manage many conflicting or competing items or interests.

plural of balancing act

A (usually governmental) budget in which income and expenditure are equal over a set period of time.

(economics, trade) The difference between the monetary value of exports and imports in an economy over a certain period of time.

(idiomatic, accounting) To add up all the debits and credits. / To put or keep any closed or conservative system or its analysis in balance.

(idiomatic) To be in a precarious situation, unsure of the future.

Not physical balanced; not having physical equilibrium. / (idiomatic, of a person) surprised; perplexed

To find a compromise between two conflicting things; to choose a moderate option between two extremes. / (finance) To bring out the relative state of a debtor and creditor account.

(idiomatic, of contrasting elements) To counteract one another so as to be balanced.