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Multi-word Results
| balance beam |
a long wooden horizontal beam raised about four feet above the floor, on which women gymnasts perform various balancing routines. [2 definitions] |
| balance of payments |
the difference between a nation's payments to another nation and its receipts from the other nation, including imports, exports, and other flow of capital. |
| balance of power |
a sufficient distribution of military or economic power among governments to prevent any one from excessively dominating others. [2 definitions] |
| balance of trade |
the difference in value between a country's total imports and its total exports. |
| balance sheet |
a financial statement of an individual's or business's assets and liabilities on a given date. |
| balance wheel |
a wheel that regulates the movement of parts of a mechanism, as in a watch or a music box. |
| hang in the balance |
to be very uncertain. |
| keep one's balance |
to stay upright. |
| lose one's balance |
to become unstable or fall. |
| off-balance |
made or done while one is not physically balanced. |
| trial balance |
in double-entry bookkeeping, a statement of all open debit and credit balances, usu. made to test their equality before a final statement is issued. |
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