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.
Definitions
- transitive 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.
- transitive 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.
- transitive 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.
- transitive 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.
- verb. be able to spare or give up
"I can't afford to spend two hours with this person"
- verb. be the cause or source of
"He gave me a lot of trouble"
"Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
- verb. afford access to
"the door opens to the patio"
"The French doors give onto a terrace"
- verb. 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?"
Synonyms
Common word forms
affords, afforded, affording, affordable
Words from these letters
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