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compromise
Noun
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A compromise is an agreement in which everyone gets only some of what they wanted.
The two parties who were arguing came to a compromise.
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Compromise is the act making this type of agreement.
Compromise is difficult, but without it, most deal will never happen.
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Something between two different things.
A split level house is a compromise between a ranch house and a multistorey house.
balance
Noun
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If something is in balance, it has equal amounts all around.
She was walking on a thin line, but lost her balance and fell down.
This plan has a good balance of new and old ideas.
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The balance in your bank account is the amount of money you have in the account.
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A type of scale where there are two parts.
balance
Verb
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If you balance something, you make it have equal amounts all around.
The bird balanced easily on the wire for a few moments before flying off.
A good manager has to balance the costs and benefits of doing business.