balance sheet

noun

: a statement of financial condition at a given date

Examples of balance sheet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Tesla also said the company had sufficient liquidity to fund its product road map and long-term capacity expansion plans while maintaining a strong balance sheet during this uncertain period, putting to bed any speculation that Tesla might need to issue either fresh equity or debt. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2024 The hospital’s balance sheet lists $97 million in accounts payable, a number that is said to have reached $90 million as of June 30, 2023, nearly one year ago. Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024 For Paramount Global, the sale of its interest in Viacom18 is part of its efforts to bolster its balance sheet. Todd Spangler, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024 Those with negative cash flows that don’t have access to borrowing are faced with the decision to finance operations through private equity or the cash preemptively stowed on their balance sheet, said Kimmell at CoinShares. David Pan, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2024 Al Shola Gas delivered nearly $11 million and $1.8 million in 2023 revenue and net income respectively, with approximately $600,000 in bank borrowings on its balance sheet. Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024 This entailed companies needing financing to basically pad their balance sheets by purchasing certain bank instruments from HSBC, which would also yield profits to the needy companies. Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024 In November 2022, the crypto news website CoinDesk reported on FTX’s poor balance sheet and liquidity crisis. Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2024 One reason for this is that the bond market is feeling the brunt of the Fed’s quantitative tightening campaign — in which the central bank is shrinking its mammoth balance sheet by allowing up to $95 billion of bonds to be redeemed each month without reinvestment. Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024

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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 1 May. 2024.

Legal Definition

balance sheet

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

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