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1. Being in a state of proper equilibrium
   "the carefully balanced seesaw"; "a properly balanced symphony orchestra"; "a balanced assessment of intellectual and cultural history"; "a balanced blend of whiskeys"; "the educated man shows a balanced development of all his powers"

1. Bring into balance or equilibrium
   "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights"
   - equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise [Brit]
    
2. Compute credits and debits of an account
    
3. Hold or carry in equilibrium
   - poise
    
4. Be in equilibrium
   "He was balancing on one foot"

See also: balancer, counterbalanced, counterpoised, harmonious, poised, proportionate, self-balancing, stable, symmetrical, well-balanced

Type of: account, be, bear, calculate, carry, fit, hold, match

Antonym: unbalance, unbalanced

Encyclopedia: Balance