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Equate   /ɪkwˈeɪt/   Listen
Equate

verb
(past & past part. equated; pres. part. equating)
1.
Consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous.  Synonyms: compare, liken.  "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed"
2.
Be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics.  Synonym: correspond.
3.
Make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching.  Synonyms: equal, equalise, equalize, match.  "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors"






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"Equate" Quotes from Famous Books



... equilibrium of demand and supply. They reveal that the equilibrium is established and maintained by the agency of changes in price, and they enable us to lay it down as perhaps the most important thing that can be said about the price of anything that it will tend to be such as will equate demand and supply. But that is not all that they reveal. They reveal also the extreme dependence of both demand ...
— Supply and Demand • Hubert D. Henderson



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