check and balance (English, verb)
expansion: check and balance (third-person singular simple present checks and balances, present participle checking and balancing, simple past and past participle checked and balanced)
Senses:
glosses: Provide mutual oversight and limitation by independent organizations in order to prevent abuses of power.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: checks and balances
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: checking and balancing
tags: participle
present
form: checked and balanced
tags: participle
past
form: checked and balanced
tags: past