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Webster 1913 Edition

Accommodation

Ac-comˊmo-da′tion

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Accommodation

ACCOMMODA'TION

,
Noun.
1.
Fitness; adaptation; followed by to.
The organization of the body with accommodation to its functions.
2.
Adjustment of differences; reconciliation; as of parties in dispute.
3.
Provision of conveniences.
4.
In plural; conveniences; things furnished for use; chiefly applied to lodgings.
5.
In mercantile language, accommodation is used for a loan of money; which is often a great convenience. An accommodation note, in the language of bank directors, is one drawn and offered for discount, for the purpose of borrowing its amount, in opposition to a note, which the owner has received in payment for goods.
In England, accommodation bill, is one given instead of a loan of money.
6.
It is also used of a note lent merely to accommodate the borrower.
7.
In theology, accommodation is the application of one thing to another by analogy, as of the words of a prophecy to a future event.
Many of those quotations were probably intended as nothing more than accommodations.
8.
In marine language, an accommodation ladder is a light ladder hung over the side of a ship at the gangway.

Definition 2024

accommodation

accommodation

English

Noun

accommodation ‎(countable and uncountable, plural accommodations)

  1. (chiefly Britain, usually a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.
  2. (physical) Adaptation or adjustment.
    1. (countable, uncountable, followed by to) The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment.
      • (Can we date this quote?), Sir Matthew Hale (1609-1676)
        The organization of the body with accommodation to its functions.
    2. (countable, uncountable) A convenience, a fitting, something satisfying a need.
      • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 10, in The Celebrity:
        Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.
    3. (countable, physiology, biology) The adaptation or adjustment of an organism, organ, or part.
    4. (countable, medicine) The adjustment of the eye to a change of the distance from an observed object.
  3. (personal) Adaptation or adjustment.
    1. (countable, uncountable) Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
    2. (countable, uncountable) Adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement; compromise.
      • (Can we date this quote?), Thomas Macaulay (1800-1859)
        To come to terms of accommodation.
    3. (countable) 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.
    4. (countable, commerce) A loan of money.
    5. (countable, commerce) An accommodation bill or note.
    6. (countable, law) An offer of substitute goods to fulfill a contract, which will bind the purchaser if accepted.
  4. (countable, geology) The place where sediments can make, or have made, a sedimentation.

Derived terms

The definitions should be entered into dedicated entries for the terms defined.
  • accommodation bill, or note, (Commerce): 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, (Nautical): a light ladder hung over the side of a ship at the gangway, useful in ascending from, or descending to, small boats
  • holiday accommodation

Translations

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Pronunciation

Noun

accommodation f ‎(plural accommodations)

  1. accommodation

Etymology

From French accommodation from Latin accommodātiō ‎(“adjustment, accommodation, compliance”), from accommodō ‎(“adapt, put in order”). Superficially accommodate +‎ -tion. The sense of "lodging" was first attested in 1600.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ə.ˌkɒm.ə.ˈdeɪ.ʃən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ə.ˌkɑm.ə.ˈdeɪ.ʃən/
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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