balaunce
English edit
Noun edit
balaunce (countable and uncountable, plural balaunces)
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French balance, from Late Latin *bilancia.
Pronunciation edit
- (Early ME) IPA(key): /baˈlau̯ntsə/, /baˈlantsə/
- IPA(key): /baˈlau̯ns(ə)/, /baˈlans(ə)/, /baˈlaːns(ə)/
Noun edit
balaunce (plural balaunces)
- A (half of a) set of scales; a balance
- The ensuring of fairness and justness via reasoning and consideration, especially legally.
- Luck, happenstance, destiny; the passage of random events.
- Endangerment, threatening; the taking of chances or bets.
- Indecisiveness, unsureness, hesitation.
- (astrology, astronomy) Libra (constellation; member of the Zodiac)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “balaunce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-19.