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afford
verb (HAVE ENOUGH) /əˈfɔːd/
/-ˈfɔːrd/ Definition
can afford B1 to be able to buy or do something because you have enough money or time: I don't know how he can afford a new car on his salary. Few people are able to afford cars like that. She couldn't afford the time off work to see him. [+ to infinitive] I can't afford to buy a house.Paying and spending money
(Definition of afford verb (HAVE ENOUGH) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- contributory adjective
- discharge noun (PERFORMANCE)
- discharge verb (PERFORM)
- make sth/it worth your while idiom
- match sth pound for pound idiom
- means noun (MONEY)
- money doesn't grow on trees idiom
- overpay verb
- pay (sth) out phrasal verb
- pay verb (BUY)
- payable adjective
- payee noun
- pump-priming noun
- put sth down phrasal verb (PAY)
- run to sth phrasal verb (MONEY)
- self-financing adjective
- shortchange verb
- spender noun
- stand verb (BUY)
- tip verb (PAYMENT)
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