afford

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
afford/əˈfɔːd/
verb
  • 1 (can/could afford) have sufficient money, time, or means for.

    ■ be able to do something without risk of adverse consequences.

  • 2 provide (an opportunity or facility).
– origin OE geforthian ‘promote, perform’, later ‘manage to do’, from ge- (prefix implying completeness) + forthian ‘to further’, from forth.
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