balance

• balance of payments

  Hitting the balance of payments

• balance of power

  The balance of power doesn't change.’

• trade balance

  Croatia currently had a negative trade balance with Slovenia of 1,400 million Croatian dinars.

• balance sheets

  Banks would lend money more freely and, in fattening their own balance sheets, would feed credit-starved economies.

• balance of trade

  Sales which should contribute £100m to the UK's balance of trade every year should start next Spring.

• upset the balance

  The lower they go, the closer they get to the point where even a small amount of cheating could upset the balance alarmingly.

• right balance between

  ‘It was important to respect the independence of older team members who had been used to me as a competitor and find the right balance between coaching and friendship.’

• balance sheet date

  amount due to or from the related party at the balance sheet date

• off balance

  She felt reckless, off balance.

• debit balance

  There would then be no minority interest figure in the profit and loss account for the current year, since the minority interest will also have been a debit balance last year end.