equalize

Verb

Synonyms: equalise get even equal match equate

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

compensate; make the score equalSynonyms: equalise get even
make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching“let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office”“The company matched the discount policy of its competitors”Synonyms: equal match equalise equate

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Equalize \E"qual*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Equalizing.] [Cf. F. ['e]galiser.]

1.To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes. [1913 Webster]

One poor moment can suffice To equalize the lofty and the low.— Wordsworth.[1913 Webster]

No system of instruction will completely equalize natural powers.— Whately.[1913 Webster]

2.To pronounce equal; to compare as equal. [1913 Webster]

Which we equalize, and perhaps would willingly prefer to the Iliad.— Orrery.[1913 Webster]

3.To be equal to; equal; to match. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

It could not equalize the hundredth part Of what her eyes have kindled in my heart.— Waller.[1913 Webster]

Equalizing bar (Railroad Mach.), a lever connecting two axle boxes, or two springs in a car truck or locomotive, to equalize the pressure on the axles. [1913 Webster]