Main Entry:

ac·com·mo·da·tion

Pronunciation:

\ə-ˌkä-mə-ˈdā-shən\

Function:

noun

Date:

1603

1: something supplied for convenience or to satisfy a need: as a: lodging, food, and services or traveling space and related services —usually used in plural <tourist accommodations on the boat><overnight accommodations> b: a public conveyance (as a train) that stops at all or nearly all points c: loan 2: the act of accommodating : the state of being accommodated: as a: the providing of what is needed or desired for convenience b: adaptation, adjustment c: a reconciliation of differences : settlement d: the automatic adjustment of the eye for seeing at different distances effected chiefly by changes in the convexity of the crystalline lens ; also : the range over which such adjustment is possible

— ac·com·mo·da·tion·al \-shnəl, -shə-n^əl\ adjective