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accommodation definition

ac·com·mo·da·tion (ə käm′ə dā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. an accommodating or being accommodated; adaptation (to a purpose); adjustment
  2. reconciliation of differences
  3. willingness to do favors or services
  4. a help or convenience
  5. lodgings; room and board
  6. traveling space, as in a railroad train or airplane; seat, berth, etc.
  7. the automatic adjustment of the eye, esp. the lens and pupil, for focusing on objects at various distances
  8. the act of making or endorsing an accommodation paper

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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