To reduce the size of fluctuations in an economic variable over time. Examples include stabilizing exchange rates by exchange market intervention; stabilizing the price of a commodity by operation of [..]

to become or to make something become firm, steady, and unlikely to change; to make something stable The patient's condition stabilized. stabilize something government measures to stabilize price [..]

1861, originally of ships; probably a back-formation from stability, or else from French stabiliser. Related: Stabilized; stabilizing. Earlier verbs in the same sense were stabilitate (1640s) and simp [..]

to anchor or make strong and reliable.

A term used to describe paper that has been seasoned so that the moisture content is the same as the air surrounding it.

To maintain an non-fluctuating level of something; to become stable, or make something stable

(v) make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium(v) support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace(v) become stable or more stable

To apply measures designed to re-establish a weather-resistant enclosure and to stabilize structurally an unsafe or deteriorated property while maintaining essentially its present form. (National Register of Historic Places, Us Department of the Interior, 1982).

To maintain an non-fluctuating level of something; to become stable, or make something stable

In civil engineering activities, lime reacts with pozzolanic materials to produce binders that progressively harden in the presence of water. This functionality is used to stabilize clayey materials u [..]

To make something resistant to change. Organic material can be stabilized by bacteria and will not give off obnoxious odors.

To make resistant to change in condition or position; set.

Tend to hold steady, firm, or balanced.