Afford

Quick meaning: Afford is a verb meaning To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish.

Meaning

To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish.

More Meanings

1. To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough; to spare.
2. (obsolete) To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting or expending, with profit, or without too great a loss.
3. (rare) To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue.

Example Sentences

Alfred affords his goods cheaper than Bantock.

Ms Camisa and her husband have had to rejig their finances to afford tuition.

If a party member can afford the fee, then the syncophants^([sic]) will go to work.

I think we can afford the extra hour it will take. We can only afford to buy a small car at the moment.

Word Forms

• affords
• affording
• afforded
• affoord
• affoard
• affowrd

Synonyms for afford

Depending on context, synonyms include yield, give, open.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include give, yield, open, offer, enable, grant.

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