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• balance the books — verb a) To add up all the debits and credits. b) To put or keep any closed or conservative system or its analysis in balance …   Wiktionary

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• List of characters in The Books of Magic — The Books of Magic was a four issue mini series published by DC Comics written by Neil Gaiman, later revived as an ongoing series written by John Ney Rieber (issues 1 50) and Peter Gross (issues 51 75). The comics told the story of Timothy Hunter …   Wikipedia

• balance — [[t]bæ̱ləns[/t]] ♦♦ balances, balancing, balanced 1) V ERG To balance somewhere means to remain steady and not fall over. [V prep/adv] I balanced on the ledge... [V n prep/adv] He balanced a football on his head. 2) N UNCOUNT Balance is the… …   English dictionary

• balance — 1 noun 1 STEADY (U) a state in which all your weight is evenly spread so that you do not fall: You need a good sense of balance to ride a bicycle. | lose your balance (=be unable to stay steady and not fall): I lost my balance and fell on my face …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• balance — I UK [ˈbæləns] / US noun Word forms balance : singular balance plural balances *** 1) a) [uncountable] the ability to remain steady in an upright position An ear infection is affecting his balance. b) a position in which your body remains steady… …   English dictionary

• balance — bal|ance1 W2S2 [ˈbæləns] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(steady)¦ 2¦(equal amounts)¦ 3 on balance 4¦(surprise somebody)¦ 5¦(bank)¦ 6¦(money owed)¦ 7¦(remaining)¦ 8 be/hang in the balance 9 tip/swing the balance 10¦(for weighing)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• balance — Synonyms and related words: Swiss bank account, accommodate, accord, account, account current, account rendered, account stated, adjust, afterglow, afterimage, agree, amount to, analogize, analogousness, aplomb, arrangement, assess, assets,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• balance — /ˈbæləns / (say baluhns) noun 1. an instrument for weighing, typically a bar poised or swaying on a central support according to the weights borne in scales (pans) suspended at the ends. 2. power to decide as by a balance; authoritative control.… …  

• The Death Gate Cycle — is a seven part series (heptalogy) of fantasy novels written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. The main conflict is between two powerful races, the Sartan and the Patryns, which branched off from humans following a nuclear/anti matter holocaust …   Wikipedia

• The Saga of Recluce — is a series of fantasy novels written by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.. The initial novel in the series, The Magic of Recluce (from which the series derives its name), was published in 1991. The series is still in publication with the recently released… …   Wikipedia