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1. Be able to spare or give up
   "I can't afford to spend two hours with this person"
    
2. Be the cause or source of
   "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
   - yield, give
    
3. 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?"
    
4. Afford access to
   - open, give

Derived forms: affording, affords, afforded

See also: affordable

Type of: drop, expend, furnish, provide, render, spend, supply

Encyclopedia: Afford