balance

a state of equilibrium

equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)

“{'source': 'John Ruskin', 'text': 'in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance'}”

equality of distribution

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”

the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

bring into balance or equilibrium

“She has to balance work and her domestic duties”

“balance the two weights”

compute credits and debits of an account

hold or carry in equilibrium

be in equilibrium

“He was balancing on one foot”

“The children balance in the rocking chair”

“There balance some children in the rocking chair”