Phrase Hound found 31 phrases and 12 compound words that contain balances. The most common are listed below. Open balances in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 31
- checks and balancesA system for multiple branches of government wherein each has some control over the actions of each of the others.
- balances the booksthird-person singular simple present indicative of balance the books: To add up all the debits and credits.
- balances the sheetsthird-person singular simple present indicative of balance the sheets: To improve the financial state of an organization or individual so they are no longer operating at a loss.
- balances the ticketthird-person singular simple present indicative of balance the ticket: To pick a vice-presidential candidate who represents a different constituency than the presidential candidate.
- balances of paymentsplural of balance of payments: A measure of all flows of money into and out of a country including payments for goods and services and capital flows.
- balances of powerplural of balance of power: A situation of equilibrium in which no country is powerful enough to control, or threaten the interests of, the others.
- balances of tradeplural of balance of trade: The difference between the monetary value of exports and imports in an economy over a certain period of time.
- balances of probabilitiesplural of balance of probabilities: A legal standard, applied in many jurisdictions for deciding the outcome of civil disputes, which requires that a dispute be decided in favor of the party whose claims are more likely to be true.
- balances outthird-person singular simple present indicative of balance out: To attain balance through the contrasting or reciprocating effect of different elements.
- bank balancesplural of bank balance: The amount by which a current account is in credit or deficit.
- basic balancesplural of basic balance: The net balance of the combination of the current account and the capital account in a balance of payments.
- compensation balancesplural of compensation balance: A pendulum constructed so that its rod is not altered in length by changes of temperature.
- current balancesplural of current balance: a sensitive apparatus for measuring electric current.
- detailed balancesplural of detailed balance: a Markov process is said to show detailed balance if the transition rates between each pair of states i and j in the state space obey
- false balancesplural of false balance: A tendency to treat all policy debates as if the opposing sides present equally strong arguments, or are equally valid or equally dangerous.
- letter balancesplural of letter balance: A pair of scales for weighing a letter to determine the cost of postage.
- mass balancesplural of mass balance: An application of conservation of mass to the analysis of physical systems, taking into account the material that enters and leaves a system.
- nitrogen balancesplural of nitrogen balance: The difference between nitrogen intake and nitrogen excretion in the body, such that positive nitrogen balance occurs when intake exceeds excretion.
- Roman balancesplural of Roman balance: An old form of balance closely resembling the steelyard.
- spring balancesplural of spring balance: A device for measuring weight or force by the elasticity of a spiral spring.
- trade balancesplural of trade balance: The balance of trade.
- trial balancesplural of trial balance: A statement of the balances of all nominal accounts in a double-entry ledger, made to test their equality. The total value of the debits should equal the total of the credits any difference indicates that an error …
- water balancesplural of water balance: The equilibrium between the input and output of water in a specific area or system over a given time period.
- Jolly balancesplural of Jolly balance: An instrument for determining specific gravity by comparing how much an object stretches a spring when held in a pan hanging in the air to how much that same object stretches a spring when held in a pan underwater.
- Kelvin balancesplural of Kelvin balance: a sensitive apparatus for measuring electric current.
Compound words 12
- counterbalancesplural of counterbalance: A weight that is put in opposition to an equal weight so it keeps that in balance.
- disbalancesplural of disbalance: A lack of balance, imbalance.
- dysbalancesplural of dysbalance: A lack of balance, imbalance.
- electrobalancesplural of electrobalance: An electromagnetic balance that is normally used to weigh material in a vacuum
- equibalancesthird-person singular simple present indicative of equibalance: Equal weight; equiponderance, or unbiasedness.
- handbalancesplural of handbalance: Supporting one's body in an upside down position only using the hands.
- microbalancesplural of microbalance: Any balance capable of weighing objects having a mass less than a milligram
- misbalancesthird-person singular simple present indicative of misbalance: To balance badly or wrongly.
- nanobalancesplural of nanobalance: A nanoscale mechanical resonator used to measure the mass of particles and molecules down to zeptogram scale.
- outbalancesthird-person singular simple present indicative of outbalance: To have more influence or significance than another; to preponderate or outweigh.