Balance \Bal"ance\ (b[a^]l"ans), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Balanced
(b[a^]l"anst); p. pr. & vb. n. Balancing
(b[a^]l"an*s[i^]ng).] [From Balance, n.: cf. F. balancer.]
1. To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by
adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance.
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2. To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling;
as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance
one's self on a tight rope.
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3. To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; to
counterpoise, counterbalance, counteract, or neutralize.
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One expression . . . must check and balance another.
--Kent.
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4. To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to
estimate.
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Balance the good and evil of things. --L'Estrange.
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5. To settle and adjust, as an account; to make two accounts
equal by paying the difference between them.
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I am very well satisfied that it is not in my power
to balance accounts with my Maker. --Addison.
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6. To make the sums of the debits and credits of an account
equal; -- said of an item; as, this payment, or credit,
balances the account.
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7. To arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of
the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits; as,
to balance a set of books.
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8. (Dancing) To move toward, and then back from,
reciprocally; as, to balance partners.
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9. (Naut.) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass;
as, to balance the boom mainsail.
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Balanced valve. See Balance valve, under Balance, n.
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Syn: To poise; weigh; adjust; counteract; neutralize;
equalize.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
balancing
n : getting two things to correspond; "the reconciliation of his
checkbook and the bank statement" [syn: reconciliation]
WordNet (r) 2.0
114 Moby Thesaurus words for "balancing":
adversative, adverse, adversive, allegory, amendatory, amends,
analogy, antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antithetic, antonymous,
at cross-purposes, atonement, clashing, commutation,
comparative anatomy, comparative degree, comparative grammar,
comparative judgment, comparative linguistics,
comparative literature, comparative method, compare, comparing,
comparison, compensating, compensation, compensatory, conflicting,
confrontation, confronting, confrontment, contradictory,
contradistinct, contrapositive, contrarious, contrary, contrast,
contrasted, contrastiveness, converse, coordination, correlation,
counter, counteracting, counteraction, counteractive,
counterbalancing, counterpoised, countervailing, dead against,
discordant, discrepant, distinction, distinctiveness, equalization,
evening, expiation, expiatory, eyeball to eyeball, harmonization,
hostile, inconsistent, indemnification, indemnificatory, indemnity,
inimical, integration, inverse, lex talionis, likening, matching,
metaphor, obverse, offsetting, opposed, opposing, opposite,
opposition, oppositional, oppositive, oppugnant, parallelism,
penitential, perverse, proportion, recompense, recompensive,
rectification, rectifying, redress, regularization, relation,
reparation, reparative, repayment, repugnant, restitution,
retaliation, retaliatory, revenge, reverse, satisfaction, simile,
similitude, squared off, substitution, symmetrization,
trope of comparison, weigh-in, weighing, weighing-in,
weighing-out
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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