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accommodation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Accommodation \Ac*com`mo*da"tion\, n. [L. accommodatio, fr accommodare: cf F. accommodation.] 1. The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to ``The organization of the body with accommodation to its functions.'' --Sir M. Hale. 2. Willingness to accommodate; obligingness. 3. Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or convenience; anything furnished which is desired or needful; -- often in the plural; as the accommodations -- that is lodgings and food -- at an inn. --Sir W. Scott. 4. An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement. ``To come to terms of accommodation.'' --Macaulay. 5. The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended. Many of those quotations from the Old Testament were probably intended as nothing more than accommodations. --Paley. 6. (Com.) a A loan of money. b An accommodation bill or note. {Accommodation bill}, or {note} (Com.), a bill of exchange which a person accepts, or a note which a person makes and delivers to another, not upon a consideration received, but for the purpose of raising money on credit. {Accommodation coach}, or {train}, one running at moderate speed and stopping at all or nearly all stations. {Accommodation ladder} (Naut.), a light ladder hung over the side of a ship at the gangway, useful in ascending from or descending to small boats. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: accommodation n 1: making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances [syn: {adjustment}, {fitting}] 2: a settlement of differences; "they reached an accommodation with Japan" 3: in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality 4: living quarters provided for public convenience; "overnight accommodations are available" 5: the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need 6: (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the lens of the eye
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