balance in WordNet English dictionary

1. a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
   balance 
   
2. a weight that balances another weight
   counterweight  counterbalance  counterpoise  balance  equalizer  equaliser 
   
3. a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
   balance wheel  balance 
   
4. harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
   "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin
   proportion  proportionality  balance 
   
5. (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
   symmetry  symmetricalness  correspondence  balance 
   
6. equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
   balance 
   
7. the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
   balance 
   
8. 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"
   remainder  balance  residual  residue  residuum  rest 
   
9. equality of distribution
   balance  equilibrium  equipoise  counterbalance 
   
10. a state of equilibrium
    balance 
    

1. hold or carry in equilibrium
   poise  balance 
   
2. compute credits and debits of an account
   balance 
   
3. bring into balance or equilibrium
   "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights"
   balance  equilibrate  equilibrize  equilibrise 
   
4. be in equilibrium
   "He was balancing on one foot"
   balance