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(uncountable) If something is in balance, it is has equal amounts all around. <> zame, yi tangaɗi, abu mai gwargwado.
She was walking on a thin line, but lost her balance and fell down. <> Da tana tafiya daidai, amma ta zame.

This plan has a good balance of new and old ideas.
(countable & uncountable) The balance in your bank account is the amount of money you have in the account. <> (amount outstanding) ciko m. balas m
- Synonym: allowance
I'll pay you ₦10 today and the balance next week <> Na biya ka naira goma yau, in kuma baka cikon mako mai zuwa.
A type of scale where there are two parts. <> ma'auni m, sikeli m mai kashi biyu
(surplus) rara
a favorable balance of payments <> rarar ciniki

Plain form (yanzu)
balance

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi)
balances

Past tense (ya wuce)
balanced

Past participle (ya wuce)
balanced

Present participle (ana cikin yi)
balancing

(transitive & intransitive) If you balance something, you make it have equal amounts all around. <> ɗigirgire, daidaita
The bird balanced easily on the wire for a few moments before flying off.

A good manager has to balance the costs and benefits of doing business.

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-#{{ti verb}} If you '''balance''' something, you make it have [[equal]] amounts all around. <> '''[[ɗigirgire]]'''
+#{{ti verb}} If you '''balance''' something, you make it have [[equal]] amounts all around. <> '''[[ɗigirgire]], [[daidaita]]'''
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