EQUALIZE

equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate

(verb) 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”

equalize, equalise, get even

(verb) compensate; make the score equal

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

equalize (third-person singular simple present equalizes, present participle equalizing, simple past and past participle equalized)

(transitive) To make equal; to cause to correspond in amount or degree.

(obsolete, transitive) To be equal to; to equal, to rival. [16th-19th c.]

(intransitive, sports) To make the scoreline equal by scoring points. [from 20th c.]

(underwater diving) To clear the ears to balance the pressure in the middle ear with the outside pressure by letting air enter along the Eustachian tubes.

(category theory) Said of a morphism: to pre-compose with each of a parallel pair of morphisms so as to yield the same composite morphism.

Source: Wiktionary

E"qual*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Equalizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. égaliser.]

1. 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.

2. To pronounce equal; to compare as equal. Which we equalize, and perhaps would willingly prefer to the Iliad. Orrery.

3. 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. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition