Dictionary Entry
afford
afford is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 13 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
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.
- 3transitive verb
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.
- 4transitive 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.
- 5verb
be able to spare or give up
"I can't afford to spend two hours with this person"
- 6verb
be the cause or source of
"He gave me a lot of trouble"
"Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
- 7verb
afford access to
"the door opens to the patio"
"The French doors give onto a terrace"
- 8verb
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?"
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