afford

Verb

Verb Forms: afforded, affording, affords

• To have enough money or resources to be able to do something.
• be able to spare or give up
  • "I can't afford to spend two hours with this person"
• be the cause or source of
  • "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
• have the financial means to do something or buy something
  • "We can't afford to send our children to college"
  • "Can you afford this car?"
• afford access to
• To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough; to spare.
• To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting or expending, with profit, or without too great a loss.
• To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue.
• To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish.

Examples

• A good life affords consolation in old age.
• Alfred affords his goods cheaper than Bantock.
• Grapes afford wine.  Olives afford oil.  The earth affords fruit.  The sea affords an abundant supply of fish.
• I can’t afford to waste a blank tile on a seven-point play.
• I think we can afford the extra hour it will take.  We can only afford to buy a small car at the moment.

Synonyms

give, open, yield