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afford
(/@/'f/oU/rd )

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
  • be the cause or source of(verb.possession)
    Example:
    Our meeting afforded much interesting information.
    Synonym:
    give, yield
    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
  • afford access to(verb.possession)
    Synonym:
    give, open
    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
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