I
n.
1) to strike a ~ between
2) to keep; recover one's ~
3) to lose one's ~
4) to disturb, upset the ~; to throw smt. off ~
5) a delicate ~
6) (bookkeeping) a trial ~
7) a bank; credit; debit; foreign-trade, trade ~
8) a favorable; unfavorable ~ (a favorable trade ~)
9) the strategic ~
10) ( misc. ) to hang in the ~ ('to be uncertain'); on ~ ('all in all')
II
v. ( d ; tr. ) to ~ against (to ~ one argument against the other)