Afford

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To have the financial means for; bear the cost of: not able to afford a new car.
  • v. To manage to spare or give up: can't afford an hour for lunch.
  • v. To manage or bear without disadvantage or risk to oneself: can afford to be tolerant.
  • v. To make available; provide: a sport affording good exercise; a tree that affords ample shade.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. 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.
  • v. To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury.
  • v. To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue.
  • v. To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue
  • v. To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish.
  • v. To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury
  • v. 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 Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To promote; further; forward; carry out; accomplish; achieve; manage.
  • To give, yield, produce, or confer upon; yield, furnish, supply, as an effect or a result, as of growth, effort, or operation: as, the earth affords grain; trade affords profit; religion affords consolation to the afflicted; the transaction afforded him a good profit; to afford one an agreeable sensation.
  • To manage, be able, or have the means (with an infinitive clause); be able to give or bear, spare, or meet the expense of (with an object-noun): always, from the implication of ability, with may or can: as, we can afford to sell cheap; he might afford to gratify us; you can well afford the expense.
  • Synonyms To supply, furnish, bestow, communicate, give, impart.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. be able to spare or give up
  • v. be the cause or source of
  • v. have the financial means to do something or buy something
  • v. afford access to
  • Verb Form
    afforded    affording    affords   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    drop    expend    spend   
    Cross Reference
    furnish    yield   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    provide    furnish   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ford    Lord    Verwoerd    Ward    abhorred    aboard    accord    adored    award    board