balance sheet

noun

Accounting.

1. a tabular statement of both sides of a set of accounts in which the debit and credit balances add up as equal.

2. a statement of the financial position of a business on a specified date.

balance sheet

noun

1. 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

balance sheet

1. An orderly account of the assets of a company or individual and of the financial claims on those assets by others.

Word History and Origins

Origin of balance sheet¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

Companies with a clear line of sight on AI profits are being rewarded, while those with weaker balance sheets and debt-paced business models are losing ground.

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In Gaddis’s prescient hands, the American workplace isn’t built of bricks or balance sheets, but words.

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The bank put some of the financing on its balance sheet and sold some to private-credit investors.

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Furthermore, the company has a strong balance sheet and a highly undervalued railway infrastructure business, the analysts say.

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This cost weighs on balance sheets and meaningfully impacts management’s ability to invest in growth and innovation.

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