Niles — Ch. 58 Human Relations § 58-26

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Business accommodations means any building or structure, or portion thereof, within the village which is used or occupied or is intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied for the purpose of conducting any business, trade, industry and commercial or professional enterprise and includes any vacant land within the village upon which any such business accommodations may be constructed.
Developer of housing means any person who acquires or makes substantial improvements in housing accommodations for the purpose of selling or leasing such accommodations to others.
Discriminate; discrimination means any difference in the terms of the sale, lease or financing of housing or business accommodations to a person applying for such sale, lease or financing, because of the race, color, sex, age, disability, religion, national origin or ancestry of such person.
Financing means the lending of money and the obtaining, arranging, negotiating or guaranteeing of loans for the acquisition, sale or lease of housing and business accommodations.
Housing; housing accommodations means any building or structure, or portion thereof, within the village which is used or occupied or is intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied as the home, residence or living quarters of one or more individuals, groups or families, and includes any vacant land within the village upon which such home, residence, or living quarters may be constructed.
Lease means sublease, assignment, and rental, for any term and includes any contract to sublease, assign or rent.
Lending institution means any bank, insurance company, savings and loan association, other person in the business of lending money or guaranteeing loans, any person in the business of obtaining, arranging or negotiating loans or guarantees as agent or broker, and any person in the business of buying or selling loans or instruments for the payment of money, which loans or guarantees are secured by title to or a security interest in real estate.
Listing; listing agreement means any contract, arrangement or understanding, verbal or written, between the owner, lessee or occupier of housing or business accommodations and a real estate broker or a real estate salesman under which such broker or salesman is authorized to seek a purchaser or lessee of such accommodations.
Owner means any person who holds legal or equitable title to, or owns any beneficial interest in, any housing or business accommodations, or who holds legal or equitable title to shares of, or holds any beneficial interest in, any real estate corporation or trust which owns any housing or business accommodations.
Real estate broker means any person licensed as a real estate broker by the state department of regulation (225 ILCS 455/1 et seq.), as amended.
Real estate salesman means any person licensed as a real estate salesman by the state department of regulation (225 ILCS 455/1 et seq.), as amended.
Real estate transaction means the purchase, sale, exchange, or lease of any housing or business accommodations and an option to purchase, sell, exchange or lease.
Sale means and includes any contract to sell, exchange, or to convey, transfer or assign legal or equitable title to or any beneficial interest in housing or business accommodations.
Single-family residence means any structure meant or intended to be occupied exclusively as a home, residence or living quarters by not more than one family group or any specific and easily designated portion of any structure meant or intended to be so occupied by not more than one family group, such as an apartment, townhouse or condominium unit.
Cross reference-- Definitions generally, § 1-4 .