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balancing the sheets

balancing the sheets is the present participle and gerund 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 balancing the sheets

What is balancing the sheets the present participle and gerund of?
Balancing the sheets is the present participle and gerund of balance the sheets.

Words near balancing the sheets in the dictionary

  1. balancing
  2. balancing act
  3. balancing acts
  4. balancing out
  5. balancing the books
  6. balancing the sheets
  7. balancing the ticket
  8. balancings
  9. balanda
  10. balandas
  11. balander

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