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Definition of Afford
1. Verb. Be able to spare or give up. "I can't afford to spend two hours with this person"
2. Verb. Be the cause or source of. "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
Specialized synonyms: Open, Open Up, Allow, Allow For, Leave, Provide
Related verbs: Give
Generic synonyms: Furnish, Provide, Render, Supply
3. Verb. Have the financial means to do something or buy something. "Can you afford this car?"
4. Verb. Afford access to. "The French doors give onto a terrace"
Definition of Afford
1. v. t. 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.
Definition of Afford
1. Verb. To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; -- with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough. ¹
2. Verb. To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury. ¹
3. Verb. To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue. ¹
4. Verb. To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Afford
1. to have sufficient means for [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Afford
1. 1. 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. 2. To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish; as, a good life affords consolation in old age. "His tuneful Muse affords the sweetest numbers." (Addison) "The quiet lanes . . . Afford calmer retreats." (Gilpin) 3. To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury; as, A affords his goods cheaper than B; a man can afford a sum yearly in charity. 4. To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough. "The merchant can afford to trade for smaller profits." (Hamilton) "He could afford to suffer With those whom he saw suffer." (Wordsworth) Origin: OE. Aforthen, AS. Geforian, forian, to further, accomplish, afford, fr. For forth, forward. The prefix ge- has no well defined sense. See Forth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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