(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.

¹ A diet consisting of suitable proportions of foods from all food groups. / ² A diet consisting of all necessary seven nutrients in their correct proportions.

(mathematics, probability theory) a Markov process is said to show detailed balance if the transition rates between each pair of states i and j in the state space obey

(law) A legal standard, applied in many jurisdictions for deciding the outcome of civil disputes, which requires that a dispute be decided in favor of the party whose claims are more likely to be true.

plural of balance beam

plural of balance wheel