Antonyms for balance

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : bal-uhns

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæl əns

Definition of balance

Origin : early 13c., "apparatus for weighing," from Old French balance (12c.) "balance, scales for weighing," also in the figurative sense; from Medieval Latin bilancia, from Late Latin bilanx, from Latin (libra) bilanx "(scale) having two pans," possibly from Latin 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. Balance of power in the geopolitical sense is from 1701. Many figurative uses are from Middle English image of the scales in the hands of personified Justice, Fortune, Fate, etc.; e.g. hang in the balance (late 14c.).

noun equilibrium
noun composure
noun money remaining in account
verb make equal; cause to have equilibrium
verb compare
verb make equal numerically

Example sentences :

I afterward sold their horse, and sent them the balance of the proceeds.
Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford

To make the balance even you have twenty years still to serve.'
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

What can be done to balance the cost of foods used in a meal?
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

He had weighed himself in the balance, and found himself wanting.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

His mind at this period was evidently shaken in some degree from its balance.
Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

He swung off, got his balance, and ran swiftly down the platform.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

She looked at him, as if her life lay in the balance of what she might read in his face.
Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous

At the lowest mark, the balance will be even, and there'll be no obligation at all.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

If so, let me know the balance that I owe you, when we next meet.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

Not that I do not leave a balance to be settled one day, Pecksniff.'
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

Synonyms for balance

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