equalize Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

Cf. F. égaliser.

imperfect & past participle Equalized ; present participle & verbal noun Equalizing

To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes.
One poor moment can suffice To equalize the lofty and the low. Wordsworth.

No system of instruction will completely equalize natural powers. Whately.
To pronounce equal; to compare as equal.
Which we equalize, and perhaps would willingly prefer to the Iliad. Orrery.
To be equal to; equal; to match. Obs.
It could not equalize the hundredth part Of what her eyes have kindled in my heart. Waller.