balaunce

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English

Noun

balaunce (countable and uncountable, plural balaunces)

  1. Obsolete form of balance.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French balance, from Late Latin *bilancia.

Pronunciation

Noun

balaunce (plural balaunces)

  1. A (half of a) set of scales; a balance
  2. The ensuring of fairness and justness via reasoning and consideration, especially legally.
  3. Luck, happenstance, destiny; the passage of random events.
  4. Endangerment, threatening; the taking of chances or bets.
  5. Indecisiveness, unsureness, hesitation.
  6. (astrology, astronomy) Libra (constellation; member of the Zodiac)

Descendants

  • English: balance
  • Scots: ballance

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