balance sheet

noun

: a statement of financial condition at a given date

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Yet benefits like carbon storage, storm buffering, and biodiversity are treated as invisible inputs in economic decision-making, excluded from balance sheets and national accounts. Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025 In December, Warner Bros. Discovery began preparing for Monday’s announcement by reorganizing internally to create two business units for its earnings and balance sheet. Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025 Related Articles It’s been a busy stretch for Darrell, who has changed leadership at the company’s brands, including The North Face and Vans, and sold off Supreme to EssilorLuxottica in a $1.5 billion deal that helped clean up the company’s balance sheet. Evan Clark, Footwear News, 9 June 2025 Higher capital requirements can whittle down a bank’s balance sheet and credit supply by bolstering a lender’s funding costs and choking off their willingness to lend — as well as waning their appetite for risk. Ruxandra Iordache,april Roach, CNBC, 6 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 15 Jun. 2025.

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balance sheet

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

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