afford
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ˈfɔrd
fawrd
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "afford"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§āϝ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to be able to pay the cost of something
Transitive: to afford a commodity
to afford definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Budgeting wisely helps individuals afford their desired lifestyle without overspending.
āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻŽāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻœā§‡āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ–āĻŋāϤ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύāϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻ–āϰāϚ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§āϝ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to possess enough of something to use or spare
Transitive: to afford a resource
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you afford an hour to help me with this project?
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻāχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ• āϘāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻž āĻŦā§āϝ⧟ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ?
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāϰāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻš āĻ•āϰāĻž

to have the ability to produce or supply something as needed
Transitive: to afford sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dense forest afforded the hikers shelter from the sudden downpour.
āϘāύ āĻŦāύ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to provide access to or give someone the opportunity to do something
Transitive: to afford an opportunity
Ditransitive: to afford sb an opportunity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The key card affords access to all areas of the building.
āϕ⧀ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ.

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