Balance may refer to:

Common meanings

Balance (ability) Balance in biomechanics, is an ability to maintain the line of gravity (vertical line from centre of mass) of a body within the base of support with minimal postural sway. Sway is the horizontal movement of the centre of gravity even when a pers ...

in biomechanics *

Balance (accounting) In banking and accounting, the balance is the amount of money owed (or due) on an account. In bookkeeping, "balance" is the difference between the sum of debit entries and the sum of credit entries entered into an account during a financial perio ...

* Balance or

weighing scale A scale or balance is a device used to measure weight or mass. These are also known as mass scales, weight scales, mass balances, massometers, and weight balances. The traditional scale consists of two plates or bowls suspended at equal d ...

* Balance, as in

equality (mathematics) In mathematics, equality is a relationship between two quantities or Expression (mathematics), expressions, stating that they have the same value, or represent the same mathematical object. Equality between and is written , and read " equa ...

or equilibrium

Arts and entertainment

Film

* ''Balance'' (1983 film), a Bulgarian film * ''Balance'' (1989 film), a short animated film * '' La Balance'', a 1982 French film

Television

* '' Balance: Television for Living Well'', a Canadian television talk show * "The Balance" (Roswell), an episode of the television series ''Roswell'' * "The Balance", an episode of the animated series ''Justice League Unlimited''

Music

Performers

Balance (band) Balance was an early 1980s American hard rock band. based out of New York City, United States, and fronted by Peppy Castro, formerly of Blues Magoos. They are best known for their top 40 1981 hit, "Breaking Away". Biography In addition to Cast ...

, a 1980s pop-rock group

Albums

* ''Balance'' (Akrobatik album), 2003 * ''Balance'' (Kim-Lian album), 2004 * ''Balance'' (Leo Kottke album), 1978 * ''Balance'' (Masta Killa album), 2025 * ''Balance'' (Joe Morris album), 2014 * ''Balance'' (Swollen Members album), 1999 * ''Balance'' (

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album), 2008 * ''Balance'' (

Melly Goeslaw Melliana Cessy Goeslaw (born 7 January 1974) is an Indonesian singer, songwriter, politician, and actress. Born in Bandung, Melly Goeslaw began singing in the fifth grade, then began writing songs and took work as a backing vocalist for Elf ...

album), 2013 * ''Balance'' (Van Halen album), 1995 * ''Balance'' (Armin van Buuren album), 2019 * ''

The Balance ''The Balance'' is the third studio album by Welsh band Catfish and the Bottlemen. It was released on 26 April 2019 through Island Records and Capitol Records. It was preceded by the lead single "Longshot", which reached number 25 on the UK Singl ...

'', a 2019 album by Catfish and the Bottlemen

Songs

* "Balance", a song by Axium from '' The Story Thus Far'' * "Balance", a song by Band-Maid from '' Unleash'' * "Balance", a song by Ed Sheeran from '' -'' (Deluxe vinyl edition) * "The Balance", a Moody Blues song on the 1970 album ''

A Question of Balance ''A Question of Balance'' is the sixth album by the Moody Blues, released in 1970. The album reached No. 1 in the United Kingdom and No. 3 in the United States. Background The album was an attempt by the group to strip down their previously l ...

Other

Balance (game design) Game balance is a branch of game design with the intention of improving gameplay and user experience by balancing difficulty and fairness. Game balance consists of adjusting rewards, challenges, and/or elements of a game to create the intended pla ...

, the concept and the practice of tuning relationships between a game's component systems * ''Balance'' (installation), a 2013 glazed ceramic installation by Tim Ryan *

Balance (puzzle) The World Puzzle Championship (commonly abbreviated as WPC) is an annual international puzzle competition run by the World Puzzle Federation. All the puzzles in the competition are pure-logic problems based on simple principles, designed to be pla ...

, a mathematical puzzle * "Balance", a poem by Patti Smith from the book ''

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Government and law

BALANCE Act The Benefit Authors without Limiting Advancement or Net Consumer Expectations (BALANCE) Act of 2003 was a bill that would've amended Title 17 of the United States Code, "to safeguard the rights and expectations of consumers who lawfully obtain ...

(Benefit Authors without Limiting Advancement or Net Consumer Expectations Act), a proposed US federal legislation * Balance (apportionment), a criterion for fair allocation of seats among parties or states *

Census balance In local government in the United States, United States local government, a consolidated city-county (#Terminology, see below for alternative terms) is formed when one or more city, cities and their surrounding County (United States), county (Lis ...

, a census-designated geography in the United States

Other uses

* ''Balance'' (advertisement), a 1989 award-winning television advertisement for the Lexus LS 400 *

Balance (metaphysics) In metaphysics, balance is a point between two opposite forces that is desirable over purely one state or the other, such as a balance between the metaphysical order and chaos — law by itself being overly controlling, chaos being overly u ...

, a desirable point between two or more opposite forces * Balance (stereo), the amount of signal from each channel reproduced in a stereo audio recording * The Balance, a personal finance website owned by

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