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balances the sheets

balances the sheets is the third-person singular simple present indicative of balance the sheets.

Meaning of balance the sheets

Verb

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

  1. To improve the financial state of an organization or individual so they are no longer operating at a loss.
    • Both deficit reduction and systemic reform, you see, require identifying "losers" — those who must give up something to balance the sheets.2011, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Budget, Concurrent Resolution on the Budget Fiscal Year 2012, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 281

Questions about balances the sheets

What is balances the sheets the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Balances the sheets is the third-person singular simple present indicative of balance the sheets.

Words near balances the sheets in the dictionary

  1. balances of power
  2. balances of probabilities
  3. balances of trade
  4. balances out
  5. balances the books
  6. balances the sheets
  7. balances the ticket
  8. balancest
  9. balanceth
  10. balanceweight
  11. balanceweights

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