S: (n) dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict (a disagreement or argument about something important) "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"
S: (n) difference (a significant change) "the difference in her is amazing"; "his support made a real difference"
S: (n) remainder, difference (the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend)
S: (n) balance (the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account)
S: (n) balance of trade, trade balance, visible balance, trade gap (the difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of merchandise) "a nation's balance of trade is favorable when its exports exceed its imports"
S: (n) carry-over, carry-forward (the accumulated and undivided profits of a corporation after provision has been made for dividends and reserves)
S: (n) compensating balance, offsetting balance (a minimum credit balance that a bank may require a borrower to keep on deposit as a condition for granting a loan; a common requirement for establishing a line of credit at a bank) "the compensating balance increases the effective interest rate to the bank since the net amount loaned is reduced but the interest paid is unchanged"
S: (n) invisible balance (the difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of services and payments of property incomes)