• 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
• an equivalent counterbalancing weight
• (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
• 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
• 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 in in Libra
• equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
• 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
• a state of equilibrium
• 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"
• be in equilibrium; "He was balancing on one foot"

'Balance' in other languages