Word: balances
Category: balances
Law & Government, Finance, Science
Related words: balances
checks, checks and balances, the constitution, credit balances, new balances, separation of powers, federalism, check and balances, executive branch, popular sovereignty, federalism definition, limited government, trial balances, judicial review, my balances
Synonyms: balances
stability, equilibrium, steadiness, footing, fairness, justice, impartiality, evenhandedness, egalitarianism, equal opportunity, parity, equity, equipoise, evenness, symmetry, correspondence, uniformity, equality, equivalence, comparability, counterbalance, counterweight, stabilizer, compensation, scale(s), weighing machine, remainder, outstanding amount, rest, residue, difference, remaining part, libra, balance wheel, residual, residuum, proportion, proportionality, equalizer, counterpoise
Translations: balances
The meaning and "use of": balances
- an even distribution of weight enabling someone or something to remain upright and steady. - slipping in the mud but keeping their balance
- a condition in which different elements are equal or in the correct proportions. - overseas investments can add balance to an investment portfolio
- an apparatus for weighing, especially one with a central pivot, beam, and a pair of scales. - The atomic weight of an element - the quantity chemists could weigh with scales and balances - depends on the number of protons and neutrons, which have virtually equal masses.
- a counteracting weight or force. - Allow centrifugal force to provide balance while both skates tip onto their left edges in the turn.
- a predominating weight or amount; the majority. - the balance of opinion was that work was more important than leisure
- a figure representing the difference between credits and debits in an account; the amount of money held in an account. - he accumulated a healthy balance with the savings bank
- keep or put (something) in a steady position so that it does not fall. - a mug that she balanced on her knee
- offset or compare the value of (one thing) with another. - the cost of obtaining such information needs to be balanced against its benefits
- compare debits and credits in (an account), typically to ensure that they are equal. - the law requires the council to balance its books each year
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