accommodationn.[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.(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.(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 loan of money.()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.()