balaunce
Middle English
Etymology
From Middle French balance, from Late Latin *bilancia.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
- English: balance
- Scots: ballance
References
- “balaunce (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-19.
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