What does Balance mean?

Remaining money (Balance/change) For example: "Gi mi di balance. (Give me the balance.)"

Where does the slang word Balance come from?

Balance is a slang term from Sierra Leone. It is part of the rich slang vocabulary used in Sierra Leone and across Africa.

Balance

🇸🇱 Sierra Leone Slang

Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition

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Balance definition 1

Remaining money (Balance/change)

"Gi mi di balance. (Give me the balance.)"

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

Country: 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
Definitions: 1 community definition
Added: April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Balance 🇬🇭 Ghana

Change (money returned after a purchase).

Balance 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Baqi fulus (Remaining money)

"Check balance (Check balance)"

🇸🇱 About Sierra Leone Slang

Sierra Leone slang captures the everyday language, street expressions, and cultural vocabulary of its people.

KASINARY has 1301 Sierra Leone slang words collected from native speakers.

Browse all Sierra Leone slang (1301 words)

🌍 "Balance" Across Africa

This word is also used in 17 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Balance 🇬🇭 Ghana

Change (money returned after a purchase).

Balance 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Baqi fulus (Remaining money)

Balance 🇧🇯 Benin

Instrument de pesée (Weighing scale)

Balance 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Balance (Snitch)

Balance 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Balance (Account balance)

Balance 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Balance/salio (Balance/remainder)

Balance 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ባላንስ/ቀሪ (Balance)

Balance 🇰🇪 Kenya

Usawa (Balance)

Balance 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Chelete e setseng / Tekanyo (Money remaining / Balance)

Balance 🇱🇷 Liberia

Remaining payment/Debt (What's owed)

Balance 🇱🇾 Libya

بالانس (Balance)

Balance 🇬🇲 Gambia

Work-life balance (Work-life balance)

Balance 🇺🇬 Uganda

Balance (Balance)

Balance 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Remaining money (Change)

Balance 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Amafaranga asigaye (Remaining money)

Balance 🇿🇲 Zambia

Airtime credit

balance 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Zvakasara (Remaining amount)

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