accommodation

n. housing; residence; lodging; adjustment; arrangement

Accommodation may refer to:Accommodation (religion), a theological principle linked to divine revelation within the Christian churchaccommodation (law), a term used in United States contract lawAccommodation Bill, a bill of exchangeAccommodation (eye), the sense in ophthalmologyAccommodation (physiology), process of changes in bodily function due to repeated exposure to drugs or toxinsAccommodation (in British usage) or accommodations (in American usage) is lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.Accommodation (psychology), the process by which existing mental structures and behaviors are modified to adapt to new experiences according to Jean Piaget (see also assimilation)Communication Accommodation Theory, the process by which people change their language behaviour to be more or less similar to that of the people with whom they are interacting.Accommodation is a linguistics term meaning grammatical acceptance of unstated values as in Accommodation of presuppositionsBiblical Accommodation is the adaptation of text from the Bible to signify ideas different from those originally expressed.Accommodations (education) are modifications made in the classroom to assist a child with a disability
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n. accommodation, housing, lodging; arrangement

(n.)
Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended.
  

(n.)
The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to.
  

(n.)
An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement.
  

(n.)
An accommodation bill or note.
  

(n.)
A loan of money.
  

noun
(of the lens of the eye) ability to focus on objects at different distances, using the ciliary muscle