• noun:   a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
• noun:   equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
• noun:   the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
• noun:   equality of distribution
• noun:   a state of equilibrium
• noun:   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
• noun:   harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)

  Example: "In all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance- John Ruskin"

• noun:   (astrology) a person who is born while the sun in in Libra
• noun:   something left after other parts have been taken away

  Example: "He took what he wanted and I got the balance"

• noun:   the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22
• noun:   an equivalent counterbalancing weight
• noun:   (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
• verb:   compute credits and debits of an account
• verb:   bring into balance or equilibrium

  Example: "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"

• verb:   be in equilibrium
• verb:   hold or carry in equilibrium

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