balance sheet

noun

: a statement of financial condition at a given date

Examples of balance sheet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The boutique advisory firms that emerged in their wake — Evercore, Lazard, Centerview, PJT — carved out strong advisory franchises but deliberately shed their balance sheets; their pitch to clients is independence, not capital. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 18 July 2026

The structure keeps much of the project debt off Meta's balance sheet. — Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Even top-of-the-food-chain schools like Michigan, UCLA and Washington have recently finagled their balance sheets to cover athletic deficits. — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 15 July 2026

In 2019, when the Fed was shrinking its balance sheet, the cushion of reserves available in the banking system dropped, leading to a spike in overnight lending rates that forced the central bank to step in and add liquidity back into markets. — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 14 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1771, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for balance sheet

• amit
• athlete
• backseat
• blackfeet
• broadsheet
• browbeat
• buckwheat
• compete
• compleat
• complete
• conceit
• concrete

Legal Definition

balance sheet

noun

bal·​ance sheet

: a statement of financial condition at a given date