If the business loses any more money, we won't be able to balance the books this year. 如果企业继续亏损，我们今年将难以达到收支平衡。

We had to take money from the savings account in order to balance the books.

The state is looking for new ways to balance the books.

We need to make sure our stadiums are full of fans because, at the end of the day, we have to balance the books.

The company reduced its advertising budget by 25% in order to balance the books.