balance sheet

noun

: a statement of financial condition at a given date

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Lower market caps make debt appear worse on a company’s balance sheet and skew numbers investors and lenders watch, such as debt-to-equity and enterprise value ratios. Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 9 Apr. 2025 At year end, its balance sheet included $784 million of current assets and $17 million of current liabilities. Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025 Some investors seeking relatively safe places to hide find Berkshire appealing because of the defensive nature of its huge insurance empire and the conglomerate’s unmatched balance sheet — boasting $334 billion in cash at the end of 2024. Yun Li, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2025 In one 48-minute speech, President Trump scrambled every American's budget, every U.S. company's balance sheet and every global alliance. Erica Pandey, Axios, 5 Apr. 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 22 Apr. 2025.

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balance sheet

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

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