balance sheet

noun

: a statement of financial condition at a given date

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The first step, then, is to mentally separate the world of payments and balance sheets from the world of concrete material and social objects—to learn to look at money, rather than trying to look through it. Literary Hub, 13 May 2026 Then, inflation ​was mostly running below the Fed’s 2% target, yet Warsh argued that policymakers should tighten financial conditions with a smaller balance sheet. Reuters, NBC news, 13 May 2026 Part of those rescue endeavors included an unprecedented expansion of asset purchases that sent the Fed's balance sheet past $4 trillion, a program known as quantitative easing that Warsh argued then had gone too far. Jeff Cox, CNBC, 13 May 2026 The central bank’s balance sheet has since ballooned as a result of another wave of quantitative easing, during the pandemic. Christine Zhang, New York Times, 13 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for balance sheet

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First Known Use

circa 1771, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of balance sheet was circa 1771

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“Balance sheet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/balance%20sheet. Accessed 16 May. 2026.

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balance sheet

noun
bal·​ance sheet
: a statement of financial condition at a given date

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