balance (Noun) — A state of equilibrium.
balance (Noun) — Equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account.
balance (Noun) — Harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design). ex. "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"
balance (Noun) — Equality of distribution.
balance (Noun) — Something left after other parts have been taken away. ex. "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"
balance (Noun) — The difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account.
balance (Noun) — (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane.
balance (Noun) — A weight that balances another weight.
balance (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.
balance (Noun) — A scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity.
balance (Noun) — The seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22.
balance (Noun) — (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra.
balance (Verb) — Bring into balance or equilibrium. ex. "balance the two weights" ex. "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"
balance (Verb) — Compute credits and debits of an account.
balance (Verb) — Hold or carry in equilibrium.
balance (Verb) — Be in equilibrium. ex. "He was balancing on one foot"