English to English
afford
(/@/'f/oU/rd
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verb (v)
- be able to spare or give up(verb.consumption)Example:
I can't afford to spend two hours with this person.
source: wordnet30 - have the financial means to do something or buy something(verb.stative)Example:
We can't afford to send our children to college.
Can you afford this car?.
source: wordnet30 - To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue; as, grapes afford wine; olives afford oil; the earth affords fruit; the sea affords an abundant supply of fish.(verb)source: webster1913