balance books
Example Sentences
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Airlines need to keep butts in seats and their balance books in the black.
From Slate • May 12, 2020
It’s possible she also learned to balance books, manage a farm, and tend to the sick behind the cloister’s walls.
From National Geographic • Oct. 20, 2017
Powell corrected the singers’ posture by having them balance books on their heads.
From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2015
He had bought the script and the entire idea on the fact that it was an art film, and it made sense on his balance books to lose money.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2011
A man, well in his second century, Complain'd that Death had call'd him suddenly; Had left no time his plans to fill, To balance books, or make his will.
From Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Wright, Elizur
