Afford
verb
To have enough money to buy or pay for something.
I can't afford to buy a new car.
Often appears as...
- can't afford
- afford to buy
verb
To have enough time or ability for something.
I can't afford to waste time on this.
Often appears as...
- can't afford
- afford to waste
verb
To provide or supply something.
The forest affords shelter to many animals.
Often appears as...
- afford shelter
- afford protection
verb
To have enough money to buy or pay for something.
I can't afford to buy a new car.
Often appears as...
- can't afford
- afford to buy
verb
To have enough time or ability for something.
I can't afford to waste time on this.
Often appears as...
- can't afford
- afford to waste
verb
To provide or supply something.
The forest affords shelter to many animals.
Often appears as...
- afford shelter
- afford protection
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Financial Capability
Stress the aspect of having enough resources before making a purchase or commitment.
Even though it's on sale, I still can't afford that designer jacket.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Stress
Implies emotional stress or difficulty when saying what you can't buy or do.
I'd love to join you on vacation, but I just can't afford it right now.
Pro Tip 3/3Prioritizing Expenses
Helps in discussing budgeting priorities or financial planning.
We should prioritize our bills; we can't afford a new TV this month.
Pro Tip 1/3Financial Capability
Stress the aspect of having enough resources before making a purchase or commitment.
Even though it's on sale, I still can't afford that designer jacket.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Stress
Implies emotional stress or difficulty when saying what you can't buy or do.
I'd love to join you on vacation, but I just can't afford it right now.
Pro Tip 3/3Prioritizing Expenses
Helps in discussing budgeting priorities or financial planning.
We should prioritize our bills; we can't afford a new TV this month.
Pro Tip 1/3Financial Capability
Stress the aspect of having enough resources before making a purchase or commitment.
Even though it's on sale, I still can't afford that designer jacket.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Stress
Implies emotional stress or difficulty when saying what you can't buy or do.
I'd love to join you on vacation, but I just can't afford it right now.
Pro Tip 3/3Prioritizing Expenses
Helps in discussing budgeting priorities or financial planning.
We should prioritize our bills; we can't afford a new TV this month.
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and specifically, who in this world is afforded the privilege of being perceived as fully human. Over the course of the past several months, the world has watched as unarmed black men, and women, have had their lives taken at the hands of police and vigilante. These events and all that has transpired after them
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What does the liver do?...
the liver is an extremely efficient industrial site, performing multiple tasks that support each other. But such a complex system needs to be kept running smoothly by keeping it healthy and not overloading it with more toxins than it can handle. This is one factory we simply can't afford to shut down.
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The poet who painted...
were home to every kind of starving artist. It was all they could afford. These painters, writers, and intellectuals, united in their artistic passion and counterculture beliefs, made up France's bohemian subculture. And their works of art, literature, and intellect would shake up the world.
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What happens to our...
These days, with suitable burial land running out in high-population areas, purchasing private gravesites can be costly, and many people can't afford simple burials. Even cremation, the second most common burial practice in the world, comes with a high cost.
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Why is Vermeer's "Girl...
also emphasizes the worldliness of the merchant class, and the pearl itself, a symbol of wealth, is actually an exaggeration. Vermeer couldn't have afforded a real pearl of its size. It was likely just a glass or tin drop varnished to look like a pearl.
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Can you make a wildlife...
an extra pair of hands like a runner who can help me get around and lend a hand with the physical stuff how does the production afford these extra costs working with a researcher in a wheelchair doesn't actually cost the production any more money
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Ami Klin: A new way to...
And we just can't afford that missed opportunity, because children with autism become adults with autism. And we feel that those things we can do for these children, for those families, early on, will have lifetime consequences --
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A message from the next...
of food may increase so much that the poor may not be able to afford it a hungry child cannot think about anything other than the desire to eat another of my worries is more war and rivalry look at the world around us
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Pamela Ronald: The case...
sometimes twice a day, when pest pressure is high. But we know that some insecticides are very harmful to human health, especially when farmers and their families cannot afford proper protection, like these children.
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Renewable Energy 101 PIPE...
friendly alternative to the greenhouse gas emissions and pollution of fossil fuels and as advances in technology make renewable energy more accessible affordable and efficient an end to
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American Soldier
It has been my aim throughout present operations to afford the greatest amount of protection to life and property interests, and troops have been stationed accordingly.
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English Writer
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.
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I definitely want to help the youth, people who can't afford medicine.
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We cannot afford to lose the Medicaid funding for low-income women.
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You can't afford to be afraid of failure in this business.
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All my life, I've had restaurants that were affordable.
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You can't afford to live your life with regrets.
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Israeli Politician
The world cannot afford a nuclear Iran.
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George Crook
American Soldier
It has been my aim throughout present operations to afford the greatest amount of protection to life and property interests, and troops have been stationed accordingly.
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Samuel Johnson
English Writer
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.
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Zach Braff
American Actor
I always encourage over-tipping if you can afford it because... share the wealth.
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Eric Braeden
American Actor
Not too many people can afford for the wife to stay home and raise the kids.
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Redman
American Musician
I definitely want to help the youth, people who can't afford medicine.
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Kay Bailey Hutchison
American Politician
We cannot afford to lose the Medicaid funding for low-income women.
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Vikram Bhatt
Indian Director
You can't afford to be afraid of failure in this business.
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Jose Andres
Spanish Chef
All my life, I've had restaurants that were affordable.
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Shane Warne
Australian Athlete
You can't afford to live your life with regrets.
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Tzipi Livni
Israeli Politician
The world cannot afford a nuclear Iran.
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