See Also: afford(medicine)
afford(dictionary)
afford(dictionary)
What We Can Afford Method(money)

edgeways (iou) and afford (iou)


edgeways (iou)



edgeways adverb. . M16.
[from EDGE noun + -WAYS.]
With the edge foremost, uppermost, or towards the spectator.
get a word in edgeways: see WORD noun.

afford (iou)



afford verb trans.

Advance; perform; accomplish. LOE-LME.
Manage to do. With can, be able to: have the means or be rich enough to do, be in a position to do; spare; bear the expense of. LME.
O. Manning We cannot afford to go to expensive restaurants every night. G. Greene I had won the game already, and I could afford to feel a certain pity for my victim. E. O'Neill I paid a lot of money I couldn't afford. F. M. Ford She could not..afford a maid..since every penny was of importance to her.
Provide, furnish, grant; of things: be capable of yielding, yield naturally. L16.
Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet The world affords no law to make thee rich. J. Irving The great privacy afforded us by speaking English in a German-speaking tavern.
afforda'bility noun ability to be afforded L20.
affordable adjective able to be afforded M19.
affordably adverb L20.
afforder noun L16.