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81Glacier mass balance — See also Retreat of glaciers since 1850 Crucial to the survival of a glacier is its mass balance, the difference between accumulation and ablation (melting and sublimation). Climate change may cause variations in both temperature and snowfall,… …
82Ethanol fuel energy balance — † depending on production method All biomass needs to go through some of these steps: it needs to be grown, collected, dried, fermented, and burned. All of these steps require resources and an infrastructure. The total amount of energy input into …
83Work-life balance — The expression work life balance was first used in the late 1970s to describe the balance between an individual s work and personal life. (New Ways to Work and the Working Mother s Association in the United Kingdom). In the United States, this… …
84Off-balance-sheet — Accountancy Key concepts Accountant · Accounting period · Bookkeeping · Cash and accrual basis · Cash flow management · Chart of accounts  …
85Trial balance — In accounting, the trial balance is a worksheet listing the balance at a certain date, of each ledger account in two columns, namely debit and credit. Under the double entry system, in any transaction the total of any debits must equal the total… …
86credit balance — The surplus in a cash account with a broker after purchases have been paid for, plus the extra cash from the sale of securities. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * credit balance credit balance ➔ balance1 * * * credit balance UK US noun [C] …
87debit balance — The amount that is owed to a broker by a margin customer for loans the customer uses to buy securities. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * debit balance debit balance ➔ balance1 * * * debit balance UK US noun [C] ► BANKING …
88Mass balance — A mass balance (also called a material balance) is an application of conservation of mass to the analysis of physical systems. By accounting for material entering and leaving a system, mass flows can be identified which might have been unknown,… …
89Cash balance plan — A cash balance plan is a defined benefit retirement plan that maintains hypothetical individual employee accounts like a defined contribution plan. The hypotheticality of the individual accounts was crucial in the early adoption of such plans… …
90nitrogen balance — noun the balance between the amount of nitrogen taken in (to the soil or the body) and the amount given off (lost or excreted) • Hypernyms: ↑balance * * * noun 1. : the difference between nitrogen intake and nitrogen excretion in the animal body …
