balance sheet

noun

: a statement of financial condition at a given date

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Balance Sheet Strength Datadog possesses an exceptionally solid balance sheet that affords significant financial flexibility for future growth investments and market fluctuations. Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025 The company is also highly leveraged with more than $1 billion in loans on its balance sheet. Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025 Strategy’s market cap of more than $100 billion far outstrips the roughly $60 billion value of the cryptocurrency on its balance sheet. Glen Luke Flanagan, Fortune, 30 June 2025 Darrell also sold off Supreme to EssilorLuxottica in a $1.5 billion deal that helped clean up the company’s balance sheet. Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for balance sheet

Word History

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 8 Jul. 2025.

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balance sheet

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

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