Definition of Balance

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Balance

An apparatus for weighing.

Act of weighing mentally; comparison; estimate.

Equipoise between the weights in opposite scales.

The state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even adjustment; steadiness.

An equality between the sums total of the two sides of an account; as, to bring one's accounts to a balance; -- also, the excess on either side; as, the balance of an account.

A balance wheel, as of a watch, or clock. See Balance wheel (in the Vocabulary).

The constellation Libra.

The seventh sign in the Zodiac, called Libra, which the sun enters at the equinox in September.

A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. i., S.

To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance.

To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight rope.

To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; to counterpoise, counterbalance, counteract, or neutralize.

To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.

To settle and adjust, as an account; to make two accounts equal by paying the difference between them.

To make the sums of the debits and credits of an account equal; -- said of an item; as, this payment, or credit, balances the account.

To arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits; as, to balance a set of books.

To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally; as, to balance partners.

To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass; as, to balance the boom mainsail.

To have equal weight on each side; to be in equipoise; as, the scales balance.

To fluctuate between motives which appear of equal force; to waver; to hesitate.

To move toward a person or couple, and then back.

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Balance Quotations

I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.
Zig Ziglar

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
Helen Keller

Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance.
Brian Tracy

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.
Thomas Merton

Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very young or the very foolish imagine otherwise.
George Orwell

If you're interested in 'balancing' work and pleasure, stop trying to balance them. Instead make your work more pleasurable.
Donald Trump

An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards.
John Locke

Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
Plutarch

When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.
James A. Baldwin

I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes.
Bette Midler

Balance Translations

balance in Dutch is overschot, saldo
balance in German is Saldo, Gleichgewicht
balance in Italian is bilancio, livellare, equilibrio
balance in Latin is pondera
balance in Portuguese is contrapeso
balance in Spanish is saldar, abalanzar, equilibrio, balance

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