balance

Sense 1 noun

a state of equilibrium

Sense 2 verb

bring into balance or equilibrium

She has to balance work and her domestic duties

Sense 3 noun

equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

Sense 4 verb

compute credits and debits of an account

Sense 5 noun

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

Sense 6 verb

hold or carry in equilibrium

Sense 7 noun

equality of distribution

Sense 8 verb

be in equilibrium

He was balancing on one foot

Sense 9 noun

something left after other parts have been taken away

there was no remainder

Sense 10 noun

the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

Sense 11 noun

(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

Sense 12 noun

a weight that balances another weight

Sense 13 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

Sense 14 noun

a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity