balance

(noun) a state of equilibrium.

(noun) equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account.

(noun) harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design). Synonyms: proportion, proportionality. Example: "In all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- john ruskin."

(noun) equality of distribution. Synonyms: equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance.

(noun) something left after other parts have been taken away. Synonyms: remainder, residual, residue, residuum, rest. Examples: "There was no remainder." "He threw away the rest." "He took what he wanted and i got the balance."

(noun) the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account.

(noun) (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra. Synonyms: Libra, Balance.

(noun) the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22. Synonyms: Libra, Libra the Balance, Balance, Libra the Scales.

(noun) (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.

(noun) a weight that balances another weight. Synonyms: counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, equalizer, equaliser.

(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. Synonyms: balance wheel.

(noun) a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity.

(verb) bring into balance or equilibrium. Synonyms: equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise. Examples: "She has to balance work and her domestic duties." "Balance the two weights."

(verb) compute credits and debits of an account.

(verb) hold or carry in equilibrium. Synonyms: poise.

(verb) be in equilibrium. Example: "He was balancing on one foot."