Definition:
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) 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.
Compare afford with other words:
afford vs. allot
afford vs. insult
afford vs. declare
accommodate vs. afford
afford vs. save
afford vs. present
afford vs. opportunity
afford vs. subministrate
afford vs. award
afford vs. afforded
afford vs. mobile
afford vs. provision
afford vs. pay
accord vs. afford
afford vs. effort
afford vs. avoid
afford vs. overbuy
afford vs. beteem
afford vs. allow
afford vs. confer
afford vs. furnish
afford vs. grant
afford vs. issue
afford vs. produce
afford vs. yield
afford vs. supply
afford vs. provide
afford vs. bear
afford vs. offer
afford vs. incur
afford vs. swing
afford vs. give