"balances" in the noun sense
1. balance
a state of equilibrium
2. balance
equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
3. proportion, proportionality, balance
harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design
"in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin
4. balance, equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance
equality of distribution
5. remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest
something left after other parts have been taken away
"there was no remainder"
"he threw away the rest"
"he took what he wanted and I got the balance"
6. balance
the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
7. Libra, Balance
astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra
8. Libra, Libra the Balance, Balance, Libra the Scales
the seventh sign of the zodiac the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22
9. symmetry, symmetricalness, correspondence, balance
mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
10. counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance, equalizer, equaliser
a weight that balances another weight
11. balance wheel, balance
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
12. balance
a scale for weighing depends on pull of gravity
"balances" in the verb sense
1. balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise
bring into balance or equilibrium
"She has to balance work and her domestic duties"
"balance the two weights"
2. balance
compute credits and debits of an account
3. poise, balance
hold or carry in equilibrium
4. balance
be in equilibrium
"He was balancing on one foot"
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