Afford : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Afford	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Afford
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
afford v be able to spare or give up; "I can't afford to spend two hours with this person" be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information" Synonym(s): yield, give, afford 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; "the door opens to the patio"; "The French doors give onto a terrace" Synonym(s): afford, open, give
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Afford \Afford"\ ([acr]ff[omac]rd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Afforded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Affording}.] [OE. aforthen, AS. gefor[edh]ian, for[edh]ian, to further, accomplish, afford, fr. for[edh] forth, forward. The prefix ge- has no well defined sense. See {Forth}.] 1. 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. 2. 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. His tuneful Muse affords the sweetest numbers. --Addison. The quiet lanes . . . afford calmer retreats. --Gilpin. 3. 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. 4. 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 merchant can afford to trade for smaller profits. --Hamilton. He could afford to suffer With those whom he saw suffer. --Wordsworth.