Balance (n.) An apparatus for weighing. |
Balance (n.) Act of weighing mentally |
Balance (n.) Equipoise between the weights in opposite scales. |
Balance (n.) The state of being in equipoise |
Balance (n.) An equality between the sums total of the two sides of an account |
Balance (n.) A balance wheel, as of a watch, or clock. See Balance wheel (in the Vocabulary). |
Balance (n.) The constellation Libra. |
Balance (n.) The seventh sign in the Zodiac, called Libra, which the sun enters at the equinox in September. |
Balance (n.) A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. i., S. |
Balance (n.) To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights |
Balance (n.) To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling |
Balance (n.) To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion |
Balance (n.) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc. |
Balance (n.) To settle and adjust, as an account |
Balance (n.) To make the sums of the debits and credits of an account equal |
Balance (n.) To arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits |
Balance (n.) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally |
Balance (n.) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass |
Balance (v. i.) To have equal weight on each side |
Balance (v. i.) To fluctuate between motives which appear of equal force |
Balance (v. i.) To move toward a person or couple, and then back. |
Balance wheel () A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock |
Balance wheel () A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a balance). |
Balance wheel () A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engine or machine |
Bank (n.) A bench |
Bank (n.) A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level |
Bank (n.) A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine. |
Bank (n.) The margin of a watercourse |
Bank (n.) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea |
Bank (n.) The face of the coal at which miners are working. |
Bank (n.) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level. |
Bank (n.) The ground at the top of a shaft |
Bank (v. t.) To raise a mound or dike about |
Bank (v. t.) To heap or pile up |
Bank (v. t.) To pass by the banks of. |
Bank (n.) A bench, as for rowers in a galley |
Bank (n.) The bench or seat upon which the judges sit. |
Bank (n.) The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc. |
Bank (n.) A sort of table used by printers. |
Bank (n.) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ. |
Bank (n.) An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bills of exchange |
Bank (n.) The building or office used for banking purposes. |
Bank (n.) A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business |
Bank (n.) The sum of money or the checks which the dealer or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and pay his losses. |
Bank (n.) In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw. |
Bank (v. t.) To deposit in a bank. |
Bank (v. i.) To keep a bank |
Bank (v. i.) To deposit money in a bank |
Bank bill () In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand, and used as currency |
Bank bill () In England, a note, or a bill of exchange, of a bank, payable to order, and usually at some future specified time. Such bills are negotiable, but form, in the strict sense of the term, no part of the currency. |
bank shot | a basketball shot that bounces off of the backboard before passing through the hoop |
bank | a flight maneuver, aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning), the plane went into a steep bank |
vertical bank | a bank so steep that the plane's lateral axis approaches the vertical |
bank closing | act of closing down a bank because of a fiscal emergency or failure |
bank withdrawal | the withdrawal of money from your account at a bank |
bank run | the concerted action of depositors who try to withdraw their money from a bank because they think it will fail |
Russian bank crapette | solitaire with two players using separate packs |
bank examination | an examination of the affairs and records of a bank by a state or federal bank examiner |
bank martin bank swallow sand martin Riparia riparia | swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks |
analytical balance chemical balance | a beam balance of great precision used in quantitative chemical analysis |
balance | a scale for weighing, depends on pull of gravity |
balance beam beam | a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts |
balance wheel balance | 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 |
bank bank building | a building in which the business of banking transacted, the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon |
beam balance | a balance consisting of a lever with two equal arms and a pan suspended from each arm |
bottle bank | a place where bottles can be deposited for recycling |
counterweight counterbalance counterpoise balance equalizer equaliser | a weight that balances another weight |
electronic balance | a balance that generates a current proportional to the displacement of the pan |
oyster bed oyster bank oyster park | a workplace where oysters are bred and grown |
piggy bank penny bank | a child's coin bank (often shaped like a pig) |
savings bank coin bank money box bank | a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home, the coin bank was empty |
snowbank snow bank | a mound or heap of snow |
sperm bank | a depository for storing sperm |
spring balance spring scale | a balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring |
torsion balance | measuring instrument designed to measure small forces by the torsion they exert on a thin wire |
vault bank vault | a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables |
symmetry symmetricalness correspondence balance | (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation, exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane |
proportion proportionality balance | 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 |
equilibrium labyrinthine sense vestibular sense sense of balance sense of equilibrium | a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head |
bank identification number BIN ABA transit number | an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations, the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself |
bank charter | a charter authorizing the operation of a bank |
bank statement | a periodic statement prepared by a bank for each client, I wish my bank statement arrived earlier in the month |
bank holding company | a holding company owning or controlling one or more banks |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development World Bank IBRD | a United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments |
central bank | a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the government |
European Central Bank | the central bank of those members of the European Union who share a common currency, The European Central Bank is Europe's equivalent of the Federal Reserve |
Federal Reserve Bank reserve bank | one of regional banks that monitor and act as depositories for banks in their region |
Bank of England | the central bank of England and Wales |
Bank of Japan | the central bank of Japan |
agent bank | a bank that acts as an agent for a foreign bank |
commercial bank full service bank | a financial institution that accepts demand deposits and makes loans and provides other services for the public |
national bank | a commercial bank chartered by the federal government |
state bank | a bank chartered by a state rather than by the federal government |
lead bank agent bank | a bank named by a lending syndicate of several banks to protect their interests |
member bank | a bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System |
merchant bank acquirer | a credit card processing bank, merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee |
depository financial institution bank banking concern banking company | a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities, he cashed a check at the bank, that bank holds the mortgage on my home |
industrial bank industrial loan company | a finance company that makes small loans to industrial workers |
savings bank | a thrift institution in the northeastern United States, since deregulation in the s they offer services competitive with many commercial banks |
Home Loan Bank | one of regional banks that monitor and make short-term credit advances to thrift institutions in their region |