Balances is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for BALANCES in dictionary:

VERB:
• BALANCE, to have equal weight or power
• put (something) in a steady position so that it does not fall
• remain in a steady position without falling
• offset or compare the value of (one thing) with another
• counteract or equal the effect or importance of
• establish equal or appropriate proportions of elements in
• compare debits and credits in (an account) so as to ensure that they are equal
• (of an account) have credits and debits equal
NOUN:
• an even distribution of weight enabling someone or something to remain upright and steady
• the ability of a boat to stay on course without adjustment of the rudder.
• a situation in which different elements are equal or in the correct proportions
• mental or emotional stability
• the relative volume of various sources of sound
• harmony of design and proportion.
• an apparatus for weighing, especially one with a central pivot, beam, and two scales.
• the zodiacal sign or constellation Libra.
• a counteracting weight or force.
• the regulating device in a clock or watch.
• a predominating amount; a preponderance
• a figure representing the difference between credits and debits in an account; the amount of money held in an account
• the difference between an amount due and an amount paid
• an amount left over.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to weigh

Words related to BALANCES

balance11 balanced13 balancing14

Words that contain BALANCES

imbalances16 rebalances14 unbalances14 misbalances17 outbalances15 equibalances25 overbalances19 microbalances21 thermobalances23 counterbalances21

How to use BALANCES in a sentence

• Their very first lessons are in feet and inches, in pounds and ounces, in exact calculations, in accounts and balances.
• Flushed with success, he made bolder ventures, and the daily balances grew to be enormous.
• This lies at the bottom of all those checks and balances contrived for keeping governments upon their centres.
• I was in a smaller room, where the balances are, writing up some notes.
• He held a book in his hand, into which he looked from time to time, with the air of a man who balances some contingency in his mind.
• In the latter case a force of 1 pound actually balances a force of 2 pounds, but the 1-pound weight is twice as far from the point of suspension as is the 2-pound weight.
• And the thrifty ones will no longer be thrifty, for their income will have been reduced till it balances their expenditure.
• She lets go his right hand and then he swings her and balances backward until she takes up the step again, when she faces him.
• Weigh him in the balances of a remorseless common-sense.
• They entered every private bank of the city and took over the bank balances.
• The breath which spoke them turned the balances in which the whole subsequent history of civilization hung.
• Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
• First, the examiner went through the notes at lightning speed, and added up their total, finding it to agree with the amount of loans carried on the book of daily balances.
• A run on the Tenth National Bank had commenced, and all day long a steady line of dealers filed up to the counter of the paying teller demanding their balances.
• It will also be noticed that this light spot in the upper right corner balances well the white costume of the boy in the lower left corner.
• We should find no great difficulty, Sir, in paying off our balances, if this were the nature of them all.
• But I cannot comprehend him, or, if I do, I totally differ from him, when he applies the notion of checks and balances to the interference of different governments.
• These are checks and balances provided by the Constitution, existing in the government itself, and wisely intended to secure deliberation and caution in legislative proceedings.
• During this time he realised, as the interest on the use of these balances, nearly two hundred and fifty thousand pounds.
• Many individuals and corporations must at times keep very large balances.
• The judge on his bench is an image of the Judge who weighs human life in His balances.
• The cotton product of the region subject to the devastating floods is a source of wealth to the nation and of great importance to keeping the balances of trade in our favor.
• It should be noted that on some balances the last division bears no number.
• Maybe murder and wars were checks and balances of man on man too.
• These private measures are not standards of the exchequer, nor balances of the sanctuary.
• Some were not satisfied with the tributes and with what they demanded, but made false measures, and balances that weighed twice as much as was indicated.
• These balances existed in their oldest constitution, and in the constitution of this country, and in the constitution of all the countries in Europe.

Similar words containing BALANCE without suffix s

balance11 balanced13 balancer12 balancers13 imbalance15 rebalance13 unbalance13 imbalanced17 imbalances16 misbalance16 outbalance14 rebalanced15 rebalances14 unbalanced15 unbalances14 balanceable17 equibalance24 misbalanced18 misbalances17 outbalanced16 outbalances15 overbalance18 equibalanced26 equibalances25 microbalance20 overbalanced20 overbalances19 microbalances21 thermobalance22 counterbalance20 thermobalances23 counterbalanced22 counterbalances21

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