afford
af·ford (ə fôrd′)
transitive verb
- to have enough or the means for; bear the cost of without serious inconvenience: used with can or be able I'm not able to afford a car; can you afford the time?
- to manage (to do something) without risking serious consequences: used with can I can afford to speak frankly
- to give; furnish music affords her pleasure
Etymology: ME aforthen < OE geforthian, to advance < forthian, to further
afford
v.
To give
To be in a position to buy or bear
have enough for, spare the money for, allow, be able to, be disposed to, have the means for, be financially able, have sufficient means for, sustain, bear, manage, support, stand, spare the price of, be able to meet the expense of, incur without detriment to financial condition, bear the expense, bear the cost of, have the wherewithal, swing*.
Object
- protection: The NBA Private Breeding Warranty affords better protection to sellers for use in Private Sales by individual members of the NBA.
- luxury: Landfill is expensive and many societies cannot afford the luxury ( ?
- repayment: Does your bank lend money to countries which cannot even afford the interest repayments?
- opportunity: All residents should be afforded the opportunity to inspect the account at any time.
- shelter: Many climbers and walkers owe their lives to the shelter afforded by MBA maintained bothies.
- view: T he huge circular keep affords wonderful views across the peaceful Cornish countryside.
Used with why or when
- that: If you cannot afford that then don't worry - all contributions help and are most welcome.
- when: Crook argues that discussion is more readily afforded when revision talk is mediated by a less singular, authorized and directive form of document.
Infinitive complement
- ignore: What business can afford to ignore 790 million people?
- buy: Can't they afford to buy their own meals?
- pay: I can't afford to pay a ton of money for a fancy program with stuff I don't need.
- miss: The short answer is: to open up opportunities we cannot afford to miss.
- lose: These days, no-one can afford to lose out in the skills stakes.
- repay: We don't let anyone borrow who we consider will not be able to afford to fully repay their loan.
Modifying Another Word
- longer: Young families who can no longer afford to buy homes on the open market more urgently need housing association accommodation.
- ill: The present system places a cost on universities which they can ill afford.
- n't: You ca n't afford to have too many people getting a free ride.
- comfortably: Buy big Get the largest memory card that you can comfortably afford.
- barely: My household income is over 0,000 a year and I could barely afford a 1950s rambler with a 0,000 downpayment.
- possibly: We couldn't possibly afford to print different labels for each country, we are too small for that.
It is the good fortune of the affluent country that the opportunity cost of economic discussion is low and hence it can afford all kinds.
The only way forawomantoprovideforherselfdecently is for her to be good to some man that can afford to be good to her.
Les te¤ moins sont fort chers, et n'en a pas qui veut. Witnesses are expensive and not everyone can afford them.
Why are you doing it? What can you buy that you can't already afford? The future, Mr Gittes, the future.
Love is like any other luxury.You have no right to it unless you can afford it.
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