Definition of 'balance'

Noun

1. a state of equilibrium
      Antonyms: imbalance instability unbalance
2. a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
3. equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
4. harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin
      Synonyms: proportion proportionality
5. equality of distribution
      Synonyms: equilibrium equipoise counterbalance
6. something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"
      Synonyms: remainder residual residue residuum rest
7. the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
8. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra
      Synonyms: Libra
9. the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22
      Synonyms: Libra Libra the Balance Libra the Scales
10. (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
       Synonyms: symmetry symmetricalness correspondence
       Antonyms: asymmetry dissymmetry imbalance
11. a weight that balances another weight
       Synonyms: counterweight counterbalance counterpoise equalizer equaliser
12. a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
       Synonyms: balance wheel

Verb

1. bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights"
      Synonyms: equilibrate equilibrize equilibrise
      Antonyms: unbalance
2. compute credits and debits of an account
3. hold or carry in equilibrium
      Synonyms: poise
4. be in equilibrium; "He was balancing on one foot"

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