balance sheet

noun

: a statement of financial condition at a given date

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Overall, the analyst views EOG as best positioned to handle the ongoing oil price volatility, backed by its best-in-class balance sheet, growing natural gas volumes and low-cost structure. Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 18 May 2025 The company maintains one of the industry's strongest balance sheets with relatively low debt levels, providing financial flexibility to weather industry cyclicality and invest in growth opportunities. Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025 Resources might be getting scarcer as the world’s population soars past sustainability tipping points, but the eyes of capitalists will never be cast anywhere else but on their own balance sheets. Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025 However, the oil industry looks more resilient today because of a wave of consolidation in which Big Oil companies with powerful balance sheets gobbled up smaller players. Matt Egan, CNN Money, 12 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for balance sheet

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1771, in the meaning defined above

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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 23 May. 2025.

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balance sheet

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

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