diff --git a/types/balanced-match/balanced-match-tests.ts b/types/balanced-match/balanced-match-tests.ts
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+import Balanced = require("balanced-match");
+
+const balanced = new Balanced();
+
+balanced.balanced('{', '}', 'pre{in{nested}}post');
+balanced.balanced('{', '}', 'pre{first}between{second}post');
+balanced.balanced(/\s+\{\s+/, /\s+\}\s+/, 'pre  {   in{nest}   }  post');
+balanced.range('{', '}', 'pre{in{nested}}post');
diff --git a/types/balanced-match/index.d.ts b/types/balanced-match/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for balanced-match 1.0
+// Project: https://github.com/juliangruber/balanced-match
+// Definitions by:  Adam Zerella <https://github.com/adamzerella>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+interface Output {
+    /**
+     * The index of the first match of a
+     */
+    start: number;
+    /**
+     * The index of the matching b
+     */
+    end: number;
+    /**
+     * The preamble, a and b not included
+     */
+    pre: string;
+    /**
+     * The match, a and b not included
+     */
+    body: string;
+    /**
+     * The postscript, a and b not included
+     */
+    post: string;
+}
+
+declare class Balanced {
+    balanced(a: string|RegExp, b: string|RegExp, str: string): Output|void;
+
+    range(a: string|RegExp, b: string|RegExp, str: string): Output|void;
+}
+
+export = Balanced;
diff --git a/types/balanced-match/tsconfig.json b/types/balanced-match/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+      "module": "commonjs",
+      "lib": [
+        "es6"
+      ],
+      "noImplicitAny": true,
+      "noImplicitThis": true,
+      "strictNullChecks": true,
+      "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+      "baseUrl": "../",
+      "typeRoots": [
+        "../"
+      ],
+      "types": [
+
+      ],
+      "noEmit": true,
+      "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+      "index.d.ts",
+      "balanced-match-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/balanced-match/tslint.json b/types/balanced-match/tslint.json
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+{
+    "extends": "dtslint/dt.json"
+}
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