The timekeeping device normally used in mechanical watches and small clocks, consisting of a wheel which oscillates due to a coiled spring.

(politics) A system for multiple branches of government wherein each has some control over the actions of each of the others.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of check and balance

The net balance of the combination of the current account and the capital account in a balance of payments.

(gymnastics) A gymnastics apparatus, a narrow wooden rail used in artistic (athletic) gymnastics. / (gymnastics) A gymnastics event using the balance beam apparatus.

The amount by which a current account is in credit or deficit.

plural of balance sheet

In design, the near or exact matching of left and right sides of a three-dimensional form or a two-dimensional composition.

(accounting) A summary of a person's or organization's assets, liabilities and equity as of a specific date.

A measure of all flows of money into and out of a country including payments for goods and services and capital flows. / The systematic record of such transactions.