The relationship between the amount of energy reaching an object (or a portion of it) and the amount leaving it. A good example of this is our Earth receiving energy from the sun, and giving off energy into the near future.

(politics) A system for multiple branches of government wherein each has some control over the actions of each of the others.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of check and balance

(idiomatic, of contrasting elements) To counteract one another so as to be balanced.

Not physical balanced; not having physical equilibrium. / (idiomatic, of a person) surprised; perplexed

To find a compromise between two conflicting things; to choose a moderate option between two extremes. / (finance) To bring out the relative state of a debtor and creditor account.

(idiomatic, accounting) To add up all the debits and credits. / To put or keep any closed or conservative system or its analysis in balance.

(economics, trade) The difference between the monetary value of exports and imports in an economy over a certain period of time.

(idiomatic) To be in a precarious situation, unsure of the future.

A (usually governmental) budget in which income and expenditure are equal over a set period of time.