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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

I afterward sold their horse, and sent them the balance of the proceeds.

To make the balance even you have twenty years still to serve.'

What can be done to balance the cost of foods used in a meal?

He had weighed himself in the balance, and found himself wanting.