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Accommodation ladder   /əkˌɑmədˈeɪʃən lˈædər/   Listen
noun
Accommodation  n.  
1.
The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; followed by to. "The organization of the body with accommodation to its functions."
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.
4.
An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement. "To come to terms of accommodation."
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."
6.
(Com.)
(a)
A loan of money.
(b)
An accommodation bill or note.
Accommodation bill, or Accommodation 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 Accommodation 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.






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"Accommodation ladder" Quotes from Famous Books



... the accommodation ladder, Mr. Schultz, and when the gentleman comes aboard, show him round to my state-room," the skipper answered. "I'll meet him there in a pig's whisper. It is probable he has come aboard with our orders, Mr. Schultz, so never ...
— Cappy Ricks Retires • Peter B. Kyne

... the accident, the chief's boat came off from the shore, the damage having been speedily and neatly repaired. Little Bahi stood on the top of the accommodation ladder as they approached, and addressed them with great asperity, using much ...
— Among Malay Pirates - And Other Tales Of Adventure And Peril • G. A. Henty



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