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afford
[ uh-fawrd ]
verb (used with object)
- to be able to do, manage, or bear without serious consequence or adverse effect:
The country can't afford another drought.
- to be able to meet the expense of; have or be able to spare the price of:
Can we afford a trip to Europe this year? The city can easily afford to repair the street.
- to be able to give or spare:
He can't afford the loss of a day.
The transaction afforded him a good profit.
- to be capable of yielding or providing:
The records afford no explanation.
- to give or confer upon:
to afford great pleasure to someone.
afford
/ 蓹藞蹿蓴藧诲 /
verb
- preceded bycan, could, etc to be able to do or spare something, esp without incurring financial difficulties or without risk of undesirable consequences
I can afford to give you one of my chess sets
we can't afford to miss this play
we can afford to buy a small house
- to give, yield, or supply
the meeting afforded much useful information
Derived Forms
- 补蹿藢蹿辞谤诲补藞产颈濒颈迟测, noun
- 补蹿藞蹿辞谤诲补产濒别, adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of afford1
Example Sentences
The county had initially said it couldn鈥檛 afford raises this year because of wildfire costs, a massive sex abuse settlement and the loss of federal grants.
In their own submissions to the pay review bodies, the health and education departments said they could only afford to increase their pay bills in England by 2.8%.
Few people can afford to pay for emergency accommodation out of their own pocket, according to Nik Peasgood, chief executive of domestic violence support charity Leeds Women's Aid.
"We need to vote for change so you can afford food and homes," he told supporters at a campaign stop in Peterborough, a city north-east of Toronto.
Many parents rely on uniform exchanges to afford the full list of items required by their children's schools.
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