balance sheet

noun

: a statement of financial condition at a given date

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Does Centene Look Financially Stable? Centene's balance sheet looks weak. Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025 Given the more crypto-friendly regulatory environment this year, more public companies have adopted the MicroStrategy playbook of using debt financing and equity sales to buy bitcoin to hold on their balance sheet to try to increase shareholder returns, pushing bitcoin to new records. Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 28 July 2025 That balance sheet exploded in size during the Great Financial Crisis and COVID-19 pandemic as the Fed bought trillions of dollars of bonds to prop up the economy. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 26 July 2025 Success, for Michael Bradley, isn’t just a balance sheet outcome. Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 26 July 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 1 Aug. 2025.

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balance sheet

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

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