afford
verb
[ əˈfɔːd ]
• have enough money to pay for.
• "the best that I could afford was a first-floor room"
Similar:
pay for,
bear/meet the expense of,
spare the price of,
have the money for,
be rich enough for,
have the wherewithal for,
run to,
stretch to,
manage,
• provide or supply (an opportunity or facility).
• "the rooftop terrace affords beautiful views"
Similar:
provide,
supply,
present,
purvey,
make available,
offer,
give,
impart,
bestow,
furnish,
render,
grant,
yield,
produce,
bear,
Origin:
late Old English geforthian, from ge- (prefix implying completeness) + forthian ‘to further’, from forth. The original sense was ‘promote, perform, accomplish’, later ‘manage, be in a position to do’.
