"balance sheet" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: balance sheets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} balance sheet (plural balance sheets)
  1. (accounting) A summary of a person's or organization's assets, liabilities and equity as of a specific date. Wikipedia link: balance sheet Categories (topical): Accounting Derived forms: balance sheet equation Related terms: income statement Translations (summary of assets, liabilities and equity): հաշվեկշիռ (hašvekšiṙ) (Armenian), রেওয়া (reōẇa) (Bengali), সালতামামি (śaltamami) (Bengali), 資產負債表 (Chinese Mandarin), 资产负债表 (zīchǎn fùzhài biǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 財務狀況表 (Chinese Mandarin), 财务状况表 (cáiwù zhuàngkuàng biǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), rozvaha [feminine] (Czech), balance [common-gender] (Danish), balans [feminine] (Dutch), tase (Finnish), bilan [masculine] (French), Bilanz [feminine] (German), ισολογισμός (isologismós) [masculine] (Greek), κατάσταση χρηματοοικονομικής θέσης (katástasi chrimatooikonomikís thésis) [feminine] (Greek), mérleg (Hungarian), eredménykimutatás (Hungarian), neraca (Indonesian), stato patrimoniale [masculine] (Italian), 貸借対照表 (taishaku-taishō-hyō) (Japanese), バランスシート (baransu sīto) (Japanese), ripanga kaute (Maori), میزان (mizan) (Ottoman Turkish), bilans [masculine] (Polish), бала́нс (baláns) [masculine] (Russian), balansräkning [common-gender] (Swedish), dahon ng katuusan (Tagalog), bilanço (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-balance_sheet-en-noun-pP7CKSuL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: accounting, business, finance

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