Verb
(idiomatic, accounting) To add up all the debits and credits.
To put or keep any closed or conservative system or its analysis in balance.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgI can't help reflecting that it's taken a Government headed by a housewife with experience of running a family to balance the books for the first time in twenty years-with a little left over for a rainy day. Margaret Thatcher
You eventually have to figure out how to balance the books. So that's the reason I gave up my day job to come do this was to go fight to create the space where spending matches America's capacity to tax, and that means economic growth and a smaller, humbler federal government. Mike Pompeo
Arteta, wary to start the summer on a bad footing, accepted his board’s decision as he understands their need to balance the books. Source: Internet
Dundee United owner, Mark Ogren, gave a good insight into the difficulties of trying to balance the books during Covid-19 last week. Source: Internet
Budget 2018 firmly puts us on the path to balance the books in 2023 while putting more Albertans back to work in a more diversified economy with the potential to be leaders in growing sector, such as agri-food and high tech. Source: Internet
PSG is under pressure to sell players to balance the books after splashing out 402 million euros ($618 million) on forwards Neymar and Kylian Mbappe last year. Source: Internet