With too few girls entering university, the authorities declared that an effort would be made to redress the balance.
English Idioms & idiomatic expressions. 2014.
redress the balance — ► to make a situation fairer and more equal: »The code was intended to help redress the balance between powerful retailers and their suppliers. Main Entry: ↑redress … Financial and business terms
redress the balance — phrase to change a situation in order to make things fair and equal Thesaurus: to change a situationsynonym Main entry: redress * * * take action to restore equality in a situation * * * redress the ˈbalance idiom to make a situation equal or… … Useful english dictionary
redress the balance — ► redress the balance restore equality in a situation. Main Entry: ↑redress … English terms dictionary
redress the balance — restore equality in a situation. → redress … English new terms dictionary
redress the balance — to change a situation in order to make things fair and equal … English dictionary
redress — re‧dress [rɪˈdres] noun [uncountable] formal something, especially money, that you want or get from someone because they have caused you harm or damaged your property: • She is seeking redress in the courts. * * * Ⅰ. redress UK US /rɪˈdres/ verb… … Financial and business terms
redress — ► VERB 1) remedy or set right. 2) archaic set upright again. ► NOUN ▪ remedy or compensation for a wrong or grievance. ● redress the balance Cf. ↑redress the balance ORIGIN … English terms dictionary
balance — 1. The noun is about four centuries older than the verb, and has derived several figurative uses from its primary meaning of ‘an apparatus for weighing’, as for example in accounting (where the notion of balancing the books is ever present) and… … Modern English usage
redress — [ri dres′; ] for n., usually [ rē′dres΄] vt. [ME redressen < OFr redrecier: see RE & DRESS] 1. to set right; rectify or remedy, often by making compensation for (a wrong, grievance, etc.) 2. Now Rare to make amends to n. 1. a compensation or… … English World dictionary
The Last Place on Earth — was a 1985 Central Television mini series based on the book Scott and Amundsen by Roland Huntford. The book is a biography of Captain Robert F. Scott and his Norwegian rival in polar exploration, Roald Amundsen.The series ran for 7 episodes and… … Wikipedia
