accommodation bill

noun

1. a bill, draft, or note made, drawn, accepted, or endorsed by one person for another without consideration, to enable the second person to obtain credit or raise money.

accommodation bill

noun

1. Also called: windbill.  windmill. commerce a bill of exchange cosigned by a guarantor: designed to strengthen the acceptor's credit

Word History and Origins

Origin of accommodation bill¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

The Visitor Accommodation Bill will also include a registration scheme for accommodation providers.

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At a speech in west London on Tuesday, Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the accommodation bill for asylum seekers in the UK was “huge” as a result of a climate-fuelled migration crisis.

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In January, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a pregnancy accommodation bill into law, joining states like Connecticut, Hawaii, and California and cities like New York City and Philadelphia. 

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Kite, kīt, n. a rapacious bird of the hawk kind: a rapacious person: a light frame covered with paper for flying in the air, attached to a long cord, by means of which it is steered: a light and lofty sail: an accommodation bill, esp. a mere paper credit.—n.

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Accom′modativeness; Accom′modator.—Accommodation bill, a bill drawn, accepted, or endorsed by one or more persons as security for a sum advanced to another by a third party, as a banker; Accommodation ladder, a stairway at the outside of a ship's gangway to facilitate access to boats.

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