strike a balance

:  to take a course :  go

:  to aim and usually deliver a blow, stroke, or thrust (as with the hand, a weapon, or a tool)

:  to arrive with detrimental effect

:  a tool for smoothing a surface (as of a mold)

:  an act or instance of striking

:  a work stoppage by a body of workers to enforce compliance with demands made on an employer

:  an instrument for weighing: such as

:  a beam that is supported freely in the center and has two pans of equal weight suspended from its ends

:  a device that uses the elasticity of a spiral spring for measuring weight or force

:  to compute the difference between the debits and credits of (an account)

:  to pay the amount due on :  settle

:  to arrange so that one set of elements exactly equals another