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balance up

balance up verb: to achieve a balance, usually by increasing something, e.g., revenue.

Verb

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

  1. To achieve a balance, usually by increasing something, e.g., revenue.
    • By raising taxes, we can balance up until the deficit is gone, instead of decreasing tax rates and therefore revenue, which would be balancing down.
    • We have to provide a certain amount every month, so if the price of one option increases we will balance up by buying from other sources.
  2. To calculate a balance (a total).
    • In December, we balance down by adding up the payments for the entire year, so we can report the balance to the government.

Forms of balance up

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

Questions about balance up

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

Words near balance up in the dictionary

  1. balance the books
  2. balance the sheets
  3. balance the ticket
  4. balance transfer
  5. balance transfers
  6. balance up
  7. balance weight
  8. balance weights
  9. balance wheel
  10. balance wheels
  11. balanceable

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