compensating balance
Americannoun
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Also compensated balance, compensation balance. a balance wheel in a timepiece, designed to compensate for variations in tension in the hair spring caused by changes in temperature.
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Banking. a deposit balance that is required to be left on deposit by a company to maintain or guarantee credit.
Etymology
Origin of compensating balance
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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The Post noted that if the interest-free deposit could be construed as a "compensating balance" for a favorable loan to Lance, the deposit might be an illegal misapplication of the NBG funds.
From Time Magazine Archive
Memos about the loan also specifically stated that "no compensating balance" was expected from the Georgia bank as a condition of Lance's loan.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was evident to him that the first mover must be changed from a weight and pendulum to a spring wound up and a compensating balance.
From Men of Invention and Industry by Smiles, Samuel
Except for the fact that he had tried to do right, he could see no compensating balance.
From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Ford, Paul Leicester
Life works upon a compensating balance, and the happiness we gain in one direction we lose in another.
From Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
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