It means "balance". In special usage, it also means to balance (accounts) and weigh them with scales.

n. balance; Balance; Balance force; Equilibrium

vt. & Vi. Trade-offs; (make) balance; (balance); (make) balance (accounts); Keep (something) in balance; Coordinate (parts); Weigh

vi with a balance. Swing slightly; After tilting, it will regain balance; Shake; Compensated

third person singular: balances?

plural: balances?

present participle: balancing?

past tense: balanced?

past participle: balanced

The first five explanations of balance in Collins Advanced English-Chinese Bilingual Learning Dictionary:

1.V-ERG? (cause) to maintain balance; (make) smooth?

If you? balance? something somewhere, or if it? balances? There, it remains steady and does not fall.

I balanced on the ledger ...

I stood firm on the windowsill.

2.N-UNCOUNT? Balance ability

Balance? Is the ability to remain steady when you are standing up. The medicines you are currentlytaking course be affecting your balance. < P > The drugs you are taking now may affect your balance.

3.V-RECIP-ERG? Equalize (strength, importance, etc); Equalize; Make it even If you? balance? one thing? with? Something different, each of the things has the same strength or importance. Balance spice dishes with mildones ...

Make spicy dishes and light dishes have the same proportion.

balanced

This book is a well balanced biography.

This book is a fairly objective biography.

4.N-SING? Balance (of strength, importance, etc), balance of power

A? balance? Is a situation in which all the different parts are equal in strength or importance. Their marriage is a delicate balance between traditional and contemporary values ...

Their marriage keeps a delicate balance between traditional and modern values.

5.N-SING? Situation, especially in conflict or competition, balance of victory

f you say that? the balance? Tips in your favor, you start winning or succeeding, especially in a conflict or contest ... a powerful new gun which could tip the balance of the war in their favor ...

A powerful new type of artillery that will give them an advantage in the war.