balance

/ˈbæl·əns/ n [C usually sing] (AMOUNT)

Definition

› the amount of money you have in a bank account or an amount of money owed: a bank balance › A balance is also the amount of something that you have left after you have spent or used up the rest: We’ll go over your homework for the first half hour and use the balance of the class period to prepare for the exam.

(Definition of balance n (AMOUNT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)