balance

Noun

• a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity

• 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

• a weight that balances another weight

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

• the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22

• (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra

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

• 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
    

• equality of distribution

• 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
    

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

• a state of equilibrium

Verb

• be in equilibrium
  • He was balancing on one foot
    

• hold or carry in equilibrium

• compute credits and debits of an account

• bring into balance or equilibrium
  • She has to balance work and her domestic duties
    
  • balance the two weights
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  balance wheel , counterweight , counterbalance , counterpoise , equalizer , equaliser , symmetry , symmetricalness , correspondence , Libra , Libra the Balance , Balance , Libra the Scales , remainder , residual , residue , residuum , rest , equilibrium , equipoise , proportion , proportionality ,
• Antonyms: 
  asymmetry , dissymmetry , imbalance , instability , unbalance