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verb. offset an action

cover

verb. fill in for, compensate

credit

noun. deferred payment arrangement; assets

trust
wealth

noun. money for work performed

equal

verb. make even, be even with

excess

noun. overabundance of something

grace

noun. charm, loveliness

verb. wait; be uncertain

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Word Origin & History

balance late 13c., "apparatus for weighing," from O.Fr. balance (12c.) "balance, scales for weighing," also in the figurative sense; from M.L. bilancia, from L.L. bilanx (acc. bilancem), from L. (libra) bilanx "(scale) having two pans," possibly from L. bis "twice" + lanx "dish, plate, scale of a balance." The accounting sense is from 1580s; the meaning "general harmony between parts" is from 1732; sense of "physical equipoise" is from 1660s. The verb is attested from 1570s. Balance of power in the geopolitical sense is from 1701; balanced meal, diet, etc. is from 1908.

Example Sentences for balance

The actual decrease may be found by means of a spring balance.

The few that glare each character must mark; You balance not the many in the dark.

The fate of England probably lay in the balance at this moment, more than in 1588 or 1798.

I paid him the balance of wages due him, and we parted with a hearty shake of hands.