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Contribution Balanced Participation

A way of contribution to services that comes from gifting culture. It allows for people to choose their contribution from 0 to ∞. It enables everyone to meet in the same circle, as we all have something to learn from each other. It is the most inclusive way of contributing to each other.

It can be shuffled within a sentence when you use it.

This is the explanation used to introduce it:

Today, it is an undeniable situation that there is a gap between people's solvency —ability to pay.

With this awareness, we believe everyone giving what they can according to their wealth is the best way going forward in terms of equal access rights.

People with more wealth can give more, while people with less wealth can give less. We don't expect to see proof of wealth. We simply believe in the integrity and fairness of your choice. We expect you to decide how much you value this journey and your contribution.

This way, we unlock the opportunity to give everyone access to this experience and contribute. We balance this contribution thanks to you. We want people without the ability to pay at the moment to benefit as well. We think, through this inclusivity, all of us can meet around the same circle. We are introducing the Contribution Balanced Participation Fee to unveil the unifying power of money.

Where do you see yourself creating this balance?

You can choose anything between 0 — ∞. The choice is yours.
I made my contribution balanced participation to an amazing Design Playing™ program.
I balanced my contribution by paying them €1000, so that all these people who couldn't pay can participate as well.
by Design Playing™ March 9, 2022
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system of checks and balances

Refers to a totally-legal but still-somewhat-devious practice of writing personal checks for comparatively-minuscule bills --- like maybe just two or three bucks for a bag of fresh vegetables from a roadside farm-stand --- instead of paying them in cash, and then secretly hoping that the checks’ recipients will not want to bother going to the extra effort of cashing said “tiny” checks, and thus your bank-account’s “balance” will be unaffected by your purchases.
Practicing the “system of checks and balances” can have varying degrees of success, depending on various factors, such as how strapped your checks’ recipients are for cash, how accustomed they are to cashing/depositing checks, or how willing/able they are to accept checks, especially for such paltry amounts (here’s where paying with checks at an unattended “drop the money in the slot” or “place the money in the cup/jar” merchandise-stand can be a good idea, since there will be nobody there to balk at your paying with a check). Extra points if you “embellish” the checks with flowery praising messages about how wonderful the sellers’ merchandise/service is, since it may stroke the people’s ego so much that they will prefer to “frame it rather than cash it” (again, especially since the check is for such a small amount, and so its value might likely not mean all that much to the person’s overall budget) when deciding what to do with your checks.
by QuacksO September 9, 2018
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smart balance

I can’t eat my toast without some smart balance!
by Fatman July 28, 2018
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Neo Balancism

Noun
Neobalancism, (Also Neo-Balancism) is a term used to describe the western movement in the visual arts. In particular, pictures that contain or portray shoes. There are certain colors chosen and styles worn that are used to depict a certain type of male.
I swear Amber, your unparalleled passion for Neo Balancism shows in every picture you send.
by InquisitiveNinja June 28, 2019
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Gustavio's balanced self

Gustavio's balanced self is really helpful. I do appreciate that. I never tell him enough. I never do many things enough. But this is about Gustavio. His balanced self.
Thank you, Gustavio's balanced self, for being there. Better late than never. Better digital than nothing at all.

Gustavio's balanced self, I still have so much work to do. Scary when I think of it. Coffee?
by Krkič January 20, 2019
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Balance

Something that does not exist in this life especially Nigeria
“How is life going,” she said

“This life is not balance at all,” he said
by The Mandalorian October 16, 2020
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New Balance Plan

A New Balance Plan is a highly contrived plan to arrange a run-in with your crush. It can sometimes edge towards silly or ridiculous. The goal is the crush not to realize you planned a run in.
"Okay well he'll need a new pair of sneakers for the season so if you hang out around the New Balance store near his apartment you're bound to run into him EVENTUALLY. It's a New Balance Plan."
by letthewordsoverflow July 24, 2022
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