balance

A balance (scale)

Meanings

A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed.
Something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight.
A pair of scales.
Awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity.
The overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately "weighs" more than others.
Apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.).
A list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.
The result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.
A device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.
The remainder.
Libra.

To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.
To make (concepts) agree.
To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling.
To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.
To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally.
To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass.
To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.
To be in equilibrium.
To have matching credits and debits.
To weigh in a balance.
To hesitate or fluctuate.

From Middle English balaunce, from Middle French balance, from Late Latin *bilancia, from (accusative form of) Latin bilanx ("two-scaled"), from bi- + lanx.

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