(law) A legal standard, applied in many jurisdictions for deciding the outcome of civil disputes, which requires that a dispute be decided in favor of the party whose claims are more likely to be true.

(accounting) A statement of the balances of all nominal accounts in a double-entry ledger, made to test their equality. The total value of the debits should equal the total of the credits any difference indicates that an error has been made.

plural of trial balance

¹ A diet consisting of suitable proportions of foods from all food groups. / ² A diet consisting of all necessary seven nutrients in their correct proportions.

(mathematics, probability theory) a Markov process is said to show detailed balance if the transition rates between each pair of states i and j in the state space obey

plural of balance wheel

The timekeeping device normally used in mechanical watches and small clocks, consisting of a wheel which oscillates due to a coiled spring.

(politics, government) A situation of equilibrium in which no country is powerful enough to control, or threaten the interests of, the others.

(politics, government) balance of power

(US politics) To pick a vice-presidential candidate who represents a different constituency than the presidential candidate.