balance sheet

noun

: a statement of financial condition at a given date

Examples of balance sheet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As Big Tech ramps up its spending, investors are getting nervous about its impact to their balance sheets. — Lucy Bayly, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026

At enterprise scale, a mostly right answer carries the same balance sheet risk as a wrong one. — Raju Malhotra, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

But a debt crisis looms outside the government's balance sheet. — Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026

Declining industrial demand can make the electricity balance sheet look healthier, when the reality is that the economy is deteriorating under the pressure of relentless attacks. — Tatiana Mitrova, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 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