7. in the balance
at the turning point, at the crisis, at the critical point, at zero hour, in hinge, at the juncture. -v. 8. equalize, poise, stabilize, steady, level, even, square; countervail, counteract, countercheck, counterbalance, Naut. trim; compensate, offset, requite, Literary, guerdon; match, Sports, tie, equal, parallel, correspond, accord, harmonize.
9. arrange, adjust, proportion, align; range, order, array, Mil. dress; straighten, line up, collimate, draw up.
10. estimate, valuate, value, compare, assess, appraise, rate; weigh, ponder, consider, deliberate; reflect, muse, ruminate.
11. Accounting, total, tally, sum up, tot up, add up, count up; figure, compute, calculate, cipher, foot up; square, equate, settle, reckon.
12. waver, hesitate, sway, hover, falter, Archaic. demur; wobble, teeter, totter, rock, shake, quaver; vacillate, shilly-shally, dillydally, blow hot and cold, seesaw; oscillate, fluctuate, alternate, Inf. straddle, tergiversate. balance sheet ,
balcony ,
bald ,
balderdash ,
baldness ,
bale ,
baleful, adj. harmful, injurious, nocuous, hurtful, afflictive; destructive, ruinous, calamitous, disastrous;