strike a balance (English, verb)
expansion: strike a balance (third-person singular simple present strikes a balance, present participle striking a balance, simple past struck a balance, past participle struck a balance or (rare or archaic) stricken a balance)
Senses:
glosses: To find a compromise between two conflicting things; to choose a moderate option between two extremes.
topics: business
finance
glosses: To bring out the relative state of a debtor and creditor account.
Forms:
form: strikes a balance
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: striking a balance
tags: participle
present
form: struck a balance
tags: past
form: struck a balance
tags: participle
past
form: stricken a balance
tags: archaic
participle
past
rare