balance the books (English, verb)
expansion: balance the books (third-person singular simple present balances the books, present participle balancing the books, simple past and past participle balanced the books)
Senses:
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: To add up all the debits and credits.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: To put or keep any closed or conservative system or its analysis in balance.
Forms:
form: balances the books
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: balancing the books
tags: participle
present
form: balanced the books
tags: participle
past
form: balanced the books
tags: past