Definition of Accommadation
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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
- Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
- Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or convenience; anything furnished which is desired or needful; -- often in the plural; as, the accomodations -- that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn - Sir W. Scott
- An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement.
To come to terms of accommodation. - Macaulay
- 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
- (Commerce): A loan of money
- (Commerce): An accommodation bill or note.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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