balance sheet

noun

A summary of a person's or organization's assets, liabilities and equity as of a specific date.

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Meanings

nounbalance sheet (plural balance sheets)

plural balance sheets

  1. accountingA summary of a person's or organization's assets, liabilities and equity as of a specific date.
    1 more example

    Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.

    2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70

Translations

Bengali রেওয়া, সালতামামি
  • রেওয়া (reōẇa)summary of assets, liabilities and equity
  • সালতামামি (śaltamami)summary of assets, liabilities and equity
Catalan balanç
  • balançsummary of assets, liabilities and equity
Chinese Mandarin 資產負債表 /资产负债表, 財務狀況表 /财务状况表
  • 資產負債表 /资产负债表 (zīchǎn fùzhài biǎo)summary of assets, liabilities and equity
  • 財務狀況表 /财务状况表 (cáiwù zhuàngkuàng biǎo)summary of assets, liabilities and equity
Czech rozvaha
  • rozvahasummary of assets, liabilities and equity
Danish balance
  • balancesummary of assets, liabilities and equity
Dutch balans
  • balanssummary of assets, liabilities and equity
Esperanto bilanco
  • bilancosummary of assets, liabilities and equity
Finnish tase
  • tasesummary of assets, liabilities and equity
French bilan
  • bilansummary of assets, liabilities and equity
German Bilanz
  • Bilanzsummary of assets, liabilities and equity
Greek ισολογισμός, κατάσταση χρηματοοικονομικής θέσης
  • ισολογισμός (isologismós)summary of assets, liabilities and equity
  • κατάσταση χρηματοοικονομικής θέσης (katástasi chrimatooikonomikís thésis)summary of assets, liabilities and equity
Hindi तुलन पत्र
  • तुलन पत्र (tulan patra)summary of assets, liabilities and equity
Hungarian mérleg, eredménykimutatás
  • mérlegsummary of assets, liabilities and equity
  • eredménykimutatássummary of assets, liabilities and equity
Indonesian neraca
  • neracasummary of assets, liabilities and equity
Italian stato patrimoniale
  • stato patrimonialesummary of assets, liabilities and equity
Japanese 貸借対照表, バランスシート
  • 貸借対照表 (taishaku-taishō-hyō)summary of assets, liabilities and equity
  • バランスシート (baransu sīto)summary of assets, liabilities and equity
Māori ripanga kaute
  • ripanga kautesummary of assets, liabilities and equity
Polish bilans
  • bilanssummary of assets, liabilities and equity
Russian бала́нс
  • бала́нс (baláns)summary of assets, liabilities and equity
Swedish balansräkning
  • balansräkningsummary of assets, liabilities and equity
Tagalog dahon ng katuusan
  • dahon ng katuusansummary of assets, liabilities and equity
Turkish bilanço
  • bilançosummary of assets, liabilities and equity
Cite this entry
APA

balance sheet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balance%20sheet

MLA

“balance sheet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balance%20sheet. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “balance sheet,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balance%20sheet.

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