accommodation
(personal) Adaptation or adjustment.
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You have travelling and accommodation expenses to travel to events, and be lucky that there are other gamblers betting against you.
I can say that flights from Basel were good price (but getting more expensive by the second) so the go somewhere and then get o Budapest may work for some. As for accommodation no help there I’ve an expensive AirBnB b…
[4/5] accommodation consumption, catering sales revenue increased by 31.4% year-on-year, and homestay services increased by 13.3% year-on-year; in terms of commodity consumption, comprehensive retail sales
A new office and staff accommodation building with underground parking is proposed near 106A Biggar Road, Swanston, Edinburgh. https://city-scope.co.uk/26/01575/FUL
RTÉ News: Ukrainian feels 'not welcome' over accommodation changes
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(personal) Adaptation or adjustment.
Having returned to my accommodation and explained my hurriedly decided change of plans, I then drove back to Dublin for even more research.
“You have travelling and accommodation expenses to travel to events, and be lucky that there are other gamblers betting against you.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I can say that flights from Basel were good price (but getting more expensive by the second) so the go somewhere and then get o Budapest may work for some. As for accommodation no help there I’ve an expensive AirBnB but cheap flight made it Ok”
— Bluesky· May 2026“[4/5] accommodation consumption, catering sales revenue increased by 31.4% year-on-year, and homestay services increased by 13.3% year-on-year; in terms of commodity consumption, comprehensive retail sales”
— Bluesky· May 2026“A new office and staff accommodation building with underground parking is proposed near 106A Biggar Road, Swanston, Edinburgh. https://city-scope.co.uk/26/01575/FUL”
— Bluesky· May 2026“RTÉ News: Ukrainian feels 'not welcome' over accommodation changes”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(British, Australia, a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or students, etc.
I have booked the accommodation for my trip to Paris.
"accommodation" means lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or students, etc. It is one of many casual words teens pick up from friends, social media, music or sport, and on its own it carries no particular warning. If you hear your teen use it, it is fair to ask what they mean by it in their friend group, since meanings drift quickly. Asking out of curiosity rather than alarm tends to keep the conversation open and useful.
"accommodation" is informal English meaning lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or students, etc. It is mainly heard in British English (and Irish English). A more formal or neutral equivalent would be something like "lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships" expressed in standard vocabulary. A common mistake is to assume "accommodation" can replace its standard equivalent in every register; keep it for spoken or casual situations and use the formal form in writing.
“I guess you could think of it as a special needs accommodation”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Oil prices make flights too expensive. Corporate greed makes hotel accommodation, and match tickets too expensive. Finally a xenophobic administration that doesn't follow Constitutional due process, makes the potential costs beyond financial way too expensive.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“And at this point, this jolly big taxpayer spend started to gain attention. In 2014, David Willetts, then Minister for Universities & Science, gave a speech setting out 'key changes' (aka cuts) to DSA. Some of these were around 'high spec' laptops and accommodation allowances.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Some IPAS accommodation centres were missing valid fire certificates, including one that opened after its application was rejected, our investigation has found. Migrant rights groups said basic fire safety should not be compromised, even in emergencies. jrnl.ie/7026798”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Words have consequences, like over here, a person (married to a tory, of course) called for thugs rioting to burn down migrant accommodation over on the other place, with the people inside, she went to prison for her words, and is still whining about it to this day...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(physical) Adaptation or adjustment.
So, it's settled. I'm going to Penzance. Hooray! I've even booked my accommodation.
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