What does Balance mean?

Balance/salio (Balance/remainder) For example: "Balance ya M-Pesa ni sifuri (M-Pesa balance is zero)"

Where does the slang word Balance come from?

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

What are other meanings of Balance?

Balance can also mean: Uwiano mzuri (Good balance)

Balance

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang

Added Aug 21, 2025 · 2 definitions

TOP DEFINITION

Balance definition 1

Balance/salio (Balance/remainder)

"Balance ya M-Pesa ni sifuri (M-Pesa balance is zero)"

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

DEFINITION 2

Balance definition 2

Uwiano mzuri (Good balance)

"Balance ya maisha ni muhimu (Life balance is important)"

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 26, 2025

Word Details

Country: 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Definitions: 2 community definitions
Added: August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Balance 🇬🇭 Ghana

Change (money returned after a purchase).

Balance 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Remaining money (Balance/change)

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

🇹🇿 About Tanzania Slang

Tanzanian slang is rooted in Swahili, the national language, with vibrant Bongo Flava music culture adding fresh terms to everyday speech in Dar es Salaam.

KASINARY has 1747 Tanzania slang words collected from native speakers.

Browse all Tanzania slang (1747 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 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Remaining money (Balance/change)

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 🇪🇹 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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