/ Dictionary / Index T trial balance: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: tri'al bal'ance Pronunciation: [key] — Bookkeeping. Bookkeeping. a statement of all the open debit and credit items, made preliminary to balancing a double-entry ledger. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. trial and error trial balloon Related Content Daily Word Quiz: frowzy Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language