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balance sheet

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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.
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Origin of balance sheet

First recorded in 1830–40
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  • There is no need for the British taxpayer to be alarmed at this balance-sheet.

    Home Rule

    Harold Spender

  • I have consulted Picard and shown him the rent-roll and balance-sheet I had already shown you.

    White Lies

    Charles Reade

  • And Gregory, at her request, had brought up the balance-sheet.

    El Diablo

    Brayton Norton

  • You're the first Gabbai I ever knew who was satisfied with his balance-sheet.

    Ghetto Comedies

    Israel Zangwill

  • The end of the year, that is to say, the striking of the balance-sheet.

British Dictionary definitions for balance sheet

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
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balance sheet in Culture

balance sheet

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

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