balance sheet
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balance sheet
n.
A statement of a business or institution that lists the assets, debts, and owners' investment as of a specified date.
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balance sheet
n
(Accounting & Book-keeping) a statement that shows the financial position of a business enterprise at a specified date by listing the asset balances and the claims on such assets
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bal′ance sheet`
n.
a statement of the financial position of a business on a specified date, esp. a tabular statement showing the debit and credit balances to be equal in a set of accounts.
[1830–40]
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balance sheet
A statement showing the assets and liabilities of a business enterprise at a particular point in time.
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| Noun | 1. |  balance sheet - a record of the financial situation of an institution on a particular date by listing its assets and the claims against those assetsrecord - a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction; "they could find no record of the purchase" |
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balance sheet
noun statement, report, account, budget, ledger, financial statement, credits and debits sheet They needed a strong balance sheet.
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Translations
بَيَان الـمِيزانيَّةكشف بَيانُ الميزانيّه
rozvahabilance
statusopgørelseregnskab
tase
bilanca
efnahagsreikningur
貸借対照表バランスシート
대차대조표
bilancia
balansräkning
งบดุล
bilançobilânço
bản cân đối kế toán
balance sheet
n → bilancio (di esercizio)Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
balance
(ˈbӕləns) noun1. a weighing instrument.
2. a state of physical steadiness. The child was walking along the wall when he lost his balance and fell.
3. state of mental or emotional steadiness. The balance of her mind was disturbed.
4. the amount by which the two sides of a financial account (money spent and money received) differ. I have a balance (= amount remaining) of $100 in my bank account; a large bank balance.
verb1. (of two sides of a financial account) to make or be equal. I can't get these accounts to balance.
2. to make or keep steady. She balanced the jug of water on her head; The girl balanced on her toes.
balance sheet a paper showing a summary and balance of financial accounts.
in the balance in an undecided or uncertain state. Her fate is (hanging) in the balance.
off balance not steady. He hit me while I was off balance.
on balance having taken everything into consideration. On balance I think Miss Smith is a better tennis player than my sister.
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balance sheet
→ بَيَان الـمِيزانيَّة rozvaha statusopgørelse Bilanz ισολογισμός balance, hoja de balance contable tase bilan bilanca stato patrimoniale 貸借対照表 대차대조표 balans balanseregnskap zestawienie bilansowe balancete баланс balansräkning งบดุล bilanço bản cân đối kế toán 资产负债表Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009