balance sheet
a tabular statement of both sides of a set of accounts in which the debit and credit balances add up as equal.
a statement of the financial position of a business on a specified date.
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How to use balance sheet in a sentence
When she opened up an attachment, she realized she was looking at a balance sheet showing she still owed nearly $2,000, mostly in legal fees tied to her eviction.
The stimulus relieved short-term pain, but eviction’s impact is a long haul | Kyle Swenson | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostOne of the notable operating expenses on any balance sheet is the real estate cost.
Vacant sublet space in New York’s office market is up 91% since mid-2019 | Karen Ho | February 2, 2021 | QuartzMcCauley says its revenue last year was in the tens of millions and that it has a “very healthy” balance sheet.
In a first for the crypto industry, Visa-backed Anchorage gets a federal bank charter | Jeff Roberts | January 13, 2021 | FortuneHe predicted the current rally could gain further momentum in 2021 as more large companies look to add cryptocurrencies to their balance sheets.
By June, the airline should be generating enough cash to begin repairing its balance sheet.
When will international travel resume? One airline is betting on July 2021 | Claire Zillman, reporter | January 5, 2021 | Fortune
If women press the case for media parity together, they can change the balance sheet.
Do Women Need to Lean In to Be Experts on Network TV? | Tara D. Sonenshine | May 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe use of off-balance-sheet debt is often a way to try to avoid getting as much investor scrutiny.
How the Kings of Fracking Double-Crossed Their Way to Riches | ProPublica | March 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“When you pull back and look at the balance sheet, there are a lot of hidden assets,” Wilson Murphy said.
Inside MGM’s Surprising Turnaround: ‘Robocop,’ ‘Bond,’ and ‘The Hobbit’ | The Wrap | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSince the bailout, GM has posted 15 consecutive quarters of profitability, and it has a very solid balance sheet.
Up to Speed: 5 Things to Know About Mary Barra, GM’s First Female CEO | William O’Connor | December 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTCountries like China are becoming a global competitive force—and we will need a strong balance sheet to compete.
Honeywell CEO to Washington: Don’t Squander Our Heritage | Dave Cote | October 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOpening a drawer, she took out a rough balance sheet, which showed that the business was profitable and expanding fast.
The Girl From Keller's | Harold BindlossThere is no need for the British taxpayer to be alarmed at this balance-sheet.
Home Rule | Harold SpenderPhilosophic heads must occupy themselves one day with the collective account of antiquity and make up its balance-sheet.
We Philologists, Volume 8 (of 18) | Friedrich NietzscheThis is the balance sheet discrepancy resulting from the war of 1860 which the Garibaldian heirs claim is theirs by rights.
Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car | Francis MiltounI have in my mind a commercial married man auditing in his debit and credit mind the matrimonial balance sheet.
The Law and the Poor | Edward Abbott Parry
British Dictionary definitions for balance sheet
a statement that shows the financial position of a business enterprise at a specified date by listing the asset balances and the claims on such assets
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for balance sheet
An orderly account of the assets of a company or individual and of the financial claims on those assets by others.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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