Difference between revisions of "balance"
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===Noun=== | ===Noun=== | ||
#Di remaining part of person money wey person suppose collect. | #Di remaining part of person money wey person suppose collect. | ||
| − | #:* {{ux|dv| Anytime I see Mr Johnson, I go ask am for my '''balance''' wey remain. |( | + | #:* {{ux|dv| Anytime I see Mr Johnson, I go ask am for my '''balance''' wey remain. |(NSC_2021, Whenever I see Mr Johnson, I will collect the remaining part of the money he owes me.)}} |
| − | #:* {{ux|dv|Madam, na my '''balance''' I come collect, I no come quarrel. |( | + | #:* {{ux|dv|Madam, na my '''balance''' I come collect, I no come quarrel. |(Madam, I do not want trouble, just pay my outstanding money.)}} |
# Money wey remain for person bank account. | # Money wey remain for person bank account. | ||
| − | #:* {{ux|dv|When dat alert wey I dey wait since [[enta]] my phone yesterday, my '''balance''' fear even me wey get di account.|( | + | #:* {{ux|dv|When dat alert wey I dey wait since [[enta]] my phone yesterday, my '''balance''' fear even me wey get di account.|(When I got the much awaited alert yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised.)}} |
| − | #:* {{ux|dv|I dey go meet dat cashier make e help me check my '''balance'''. |( | + | #:* {{ux|dv|I dey go meet dat cashier make e help me check my '''balance'''. |(I will ask the cashier to help check my balance.)}} |
====Related forms==== | ====Related forms==== | ||
[[balanceancarry]] | [[balanceancarry]] | ||
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===Verb=== | ===Verb=== | ||
#* Make person stand or siddon well. | #* Make person stand or siddon well. | ||
| − | #:* {{ux|dv|Abeg '''balance''' well make I fit sit down. |( | + | #:* {{ux|dv|Abeg '''balance''' well make I fit sit down. |(Please, adjust so that I can sit down.)}} |
| − | #:* {{ux|dv| Anybody wey no '''balance''' well on top dis ladder go just fall down yakata for ground. |( | + | #:* {{ux|dv| Anybody wey no '''balance''' well on top dis ladder go just fall down yakata for ground. |(Anybody not capable of standing firm on this ladder will simply fall down flat.)}} |
# Make dem do make someting dey equal. | # Make dem do make someting dey equal. | ||
#:* {{ux|dv|If dem wan '''balance''' am, shebi dem for first ask us? |(deuber__6014, If they wish to be fair, shouldn't they have first asked us?)}} | #:* {{ux|dv|If dem wan '''balance''' am, shebi dem for first ask us? |(deuber__6014, If they wish to be fair, shouldn't they have first asked us?)}} | ||
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# Make person keep someting where people go fit dey see am [[well well]]. | # Make person keep someting where people go fit dey see am [[well well]]. | ||
#:* {{ux|dv| Peju foto of her meeting wit President Barack Obama '''balance''' ontop her desk |(bbc__80735, Peju positioned the picture she snapped with President Obama at a prominent place in her office.)}} | #:* {{ux|dv| Peju foto of her meeting wit President Barack Obama '''balance''' ontop her desk |(bbc__80735, Peju positioned the picture she snapped with President Obama at a prominent place in her office.)}} | ||
| − | #:* {{ux|dv| Tell dat | + | #:* {{ux|dv| Tell dat cook make she '''balance''' dat jollof cooler where I go dey see am wella.|(Tell the caterer to position the cooler within view.)}} |
====Synonyms==== | ====Synonyms==== | ||
| − | * | + | *[[change]] |
====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
* English: ''to sit/ stand properly, fair treatment'' | * English: ''to sit/ stand properly, fair treatment'' | ||
Latest revision as of 17:13, 14 February 2024
Naija
Etymology
From English: balance
Pronunciation
- bálâns
Noun
- Di remaining part of person money wey person suppose collect.
- Anytime I see Mr Johnson, I go ask am for my balance wey remain. — (NSC_2021, Whenever I see Mr Johnson, I will collect the remaining part of the money he owes me.)
- Madam, na my balance I come collect, I no come quarrel. — (Madam, I do not want trouble, just pay my outstanding money.)
- Money wey remain for person bank account.
- When dat alert wey I dey wait since enta my phone yesterday, my balance fear even me wey get di account. — (When I got the much awaited alert yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised.)
- I dey go meet dat cashier make e help me check my balance. — (I will ask the cashier to help check my balance.)
Related forms
Translation
- English: balance, debt, change
Verb
- Make person stand or siddon well.
- Abeg balance well make I fit sit down. — (Please, adjust so that I can sit down.)
- Anybody wey no balance well on top dis ladder go just fall down yakata for ground. — (Anybody not capable of standing firm on this ladder will simply fall down flat.)
- Make dem do make someting dey equal.
- If dem wan balance am, shebi dem for first ask us? — (deuber__6014, If they wish to be fair, shouldn't they have first asked us?)
- Wetin you need na to balance am. — (bbc__78145, What you need is to balance things.)
- Make person keep someting where people go fit dey see am well well.
- Peju foto of her meeting wit President Barack Obama balance ontop her desk — (bbc__80735, Peju positioned the picture she snapped with President Obama at a prominent place in her office.)
- Tell dat cook make she balance dat jollof cooler where I go dey see am wella. — (Tell the caterer to position the cooler within view.)
Synonyms
Translations
- English: to sit/ stand properly, fair treatment