affordable
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af·ford
(ə-fôrd′)tr.v. af·ford·ed, af·ford·ing, af·fords
1. To have the financial means for; bear the cost of: able to afford a new car.
2. To manage to spare or give up: can't afford an hour for lunch.
3. To manage or bear without disadvantage or risk to oneself: can afford to be tolerant.
4. To make available or have as a necessary feature; provide: a tree that affords ample shade; a sport affording good exercise.
[Middle English aforthen, from Old English geforthian, to carry out : ge-, perfective pref.; see yclept + forthian, to further (from forth, forth, forward; see per in Indo-European roots).]
af·ford′a·bil′i·ty (ə-fôr′də-bĭl′ĭ-tē) n.
af·ford′a·ble adj.
af·ford′a·bly adv.
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af•ford•a•ble
(əˈfɔr də bəl, əˈfoʊr-)adj.
considered to be within one's financial means.
[1865–70]
af•ford`a•bil′i•ty, n.
af•ford′a•bly, adv.
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Adj. | 1. | affordable - that you have the financial means for; "low-cost housing" cheap, inexpensive - relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants" |
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affordable
adjective inexpensive, fair, cheap, reasonable, moderate, modest, low-price, low-cost, economical beautiful clothes at affordable prices
inexpensive dear, expensive, costly, exorbitant, prohibitively expensive, unaffordable, uneconomical, beyond your means
inexpensive dear, expensive, costly, exorbitant, prohibitively expensive, unaffordable, uneconomical, beyond your means
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Translations
cenově dostupný
overkommelig
edullinenhuokea
dostupan
手ごろな
감당할 수 있는
billig
สามารถซื้อได้
giá phải chăng
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
affordable
[əˈfɔːrdəbəl] adj [goods, shoes, clothes, car, holiday] → abordable; [price] → abordable; [rent, housing] → abordablehousing that is affordable for most people → des logements abordables pour la plupart des gens
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affordable
adj, affordably
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affordable
→ يُـمْكِنُ شِراؤه cenově dostupný overkommelig erschwinglich οικονομικά προσιτός asequible edullinen abordable dostupan accessibile 手ごろな 감당할 수 있는 betaalbaar rimelig przystępny de preço acessível по средствам billig สามารถซื้อได้ keseye uygun giá phải chăng 能付得起的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
affordable
adj asequible; Affordable Care Act (US) Ley f de Asistencia Asequible, ley aprobada en 2010 para reformar aspectos disfuncionales del sistema de salud de los EEUUEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.