balanza

n. scales; balance; judgement, assessment

= scales, beamed scale, balance, weighing scales.
Ex: It indicates the changes and limitations which fill the other pan of the scales and which are frequently only discovered by bitter experience.
Ex: If the budget can be thought of as a beamed scale, ideally kept in balance, the counterpoint to revenue ups and downs must necessarily lie with the control of expenditures = Si concebimos el presupuesto como una balanza, que idealmente nos gustaría mantener en equilibrio, el contrapunto de los altibajos de los ingresos consiste necesariamente en el control de los gastos.
Ex: Officials are hopeful that all delivery men in the city will be equipped with balances within a month.
Ex: Weighing scales are also sometimes used to measure force rather than mass.
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* balanza de pagos = balance, balance of payments.
* déficit de la balanza comercial = trade deficit.
* déficit de la balanza de pagos = trade deficit.
* desequilibrar la balanza = tip + the scales.
* equilibrar la balanza = adjust + the balance, redress + imbalance, redress + the balance.