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balance down

balance down verb: to achieve a balance, usually by decreasing something, e.g., revenue.

Verb

balance down (third-person singular simple present balances down, present participle balancing down, simple past and past participle balanced down)

  1. To achieve a balance, usually by decreasing something, e.g., revenue.
    • By lowering costs, we can balance down to eliminate the deficit, instead of trying to increase revenue, which would be balancing up.
    • The costs of buying from that source have gone up, so let's balance down on that by buying from another source.
  2. To calculate a balance (a total).
    • Balance up his account so he knows how much he owes.

Forms of balance down

third-person singular presentbalances down
present participlebalancing down
past participlebalanced down
pastbalanced down

Questions about balance down

What does balance down mean?
Balance down means to achieve a balance, usually by decreasing something, e.g., revenue.
What part of speech is balance down?
Balance down is a verb.
What is the past tense of balance down?
The past tense of balance down is balanced down.

Words near balance down in the dictionary

  1. balance bikes
  2. balance board
  3. balance boards
  4. balance dock
  5. balance docks
  6. balance down
  7. balance lock
  8. balance of equities
  9. balance of payments
  10. balance of power
  11. balance of probabilities

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