How to Spell balance

balance

balance - noun

  • Physical equilibrium
  • The ability to retain one's balance
  • Stability produced by even distribution of weight on each side of the vertical axis
  • Equipoise between contrasting, opposing, or interacting elements
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"trouble keeping your balance on a sailboat"

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *bilancia, from Late Latin bilanc-, bilanx having two scalepans, from Latin bi- + lanc-, lanx plate