English Dictionary

balance the books

動詞

慣用表現

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

日本語の意味

（会計の慣用表現で）借方と貸方の合計を計算し、帳簿が均衡しているか確認、または調整すること。 / 閉じたシステムや分析手法において、バランスや均衡が保たれている状態にすること。

At the end of the month, the accountant stayed late to balance the books.

月末に、経理担当者は借方と貸方の金額をすべて合算するために遅くまで残業した。

意味（1）

(idiomatic, accounting) To add up all the debits and credits.

I hardly think that cancelling Yorkshire's HS2 line counts as levelling up, but must admit that the South has its troubles too - particularly in London, where Transport for London is facing the prospect of cutting services to balance its books, as the pandemic continues to deter passengers and government appears unwilling to help.

意味（2）

To put or keep any closed or conservative system or its analysis in balance.

Let us not balance the books of oppression of the deaf on the backs and minds of other oppressed linguistic ethnic and cultural minorities.

balances the books （ present singular third-person ）

balancing the books （ participle present ）

balanced the books （ participle past ）

balanced the books （ past ）