1. (

• reconciliation ,
• balancing

) getting two things to correspond; "the reconciliation of his checkbook and the bank statement" ;

1. (

• balance ,
• equilibrate ,
• equilibrize ,
• equilibrise

) bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights" ;

2. (

• balance

) compute credits and debits of an account ;

3. (

• poise ,
• balance

) hold or carry in equilibrium ;

4. (

• balance ,

) be in equilibrium; "He was balancing on one foot" ;