Definition of "accommodation" []

• The act of accommodating or the state of being accommodated; adjustment. (noun)
• Something that meets a need; a convenience. (noun)
• Room and board; lodgings. (noun)
• A seat, compartment, or room on a public vehicle. (noun)
• Reconciliation or settlement of opposing views. (noun)

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• "About the accommodation -- _accommodation_ means money, does not it?"
• "The term accommodation, while it has a limited field of application in biology, has a wide and varied use in sociology."
• "The term accommodation, as has been noted, developed as a differentiation within the field of the biological concept of adaptation."