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Learn to pronounce bal·ance

/ˈbaləns/
noun
  1. an even distribution of weight enabling someone or something to remain upright and steady.
    "she lost her balance before falling"
    synonyms: stability, equilibrium, steadiness, footing
  2. a condition in which different elements are equal or in the correct proportions.
    "try to keep a balance between work and relaxation"
    synonyms: fairness, justice, impartiality, egalitarianism, equal opportunity, parity, equity, equilibrium, evenness, symmetry, equipoise, correspondence, uniformity, equality, equivalence, similarity, levelness, parallelism, comparability
  3. an apparatus for weighing, especially one with a central pivot, beam, and a pair of scales.
    synonyms: scale(s), weighing machine, weighbridge
  4. a counteracting weight or force.
    synonyms: counterbalance, equipoise, counterweight, stabilizer, compensation, recompense, ballast, makeweight, countercheck
  5. a predominating weight or amount; the majority.
    "the balance of opinion was that work was more important than leisure"
  6. 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"

verb
  1. keep or put (something) in a steady position so that it does not fall.
    "a mug that she balanced on her knee"
    synonyms: steady, stabilize, poise, level, prop, position
  2. offset or compare the value of (one thing) with another.
    "the cost of obtaining such information needs to be balanced against its benefits"
    synonyms: weigh, weigh up, compare, evaluate, consider, assess, appraise, estimate
  3. 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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