afford UK /əˈfɔːd/US /əˈfoɹd/ verb4 •to pay for, spend or do something and still have enough left for other thingsI think we can afford the extra hour it will take.We can only afford to buy a small car at the moment. •To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish.A good life affords consolation in old age. •(rare) To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue.Grapes afford wine.Olives afford oil. •(no longer used) To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting or expending, with profit, or without too great a loss.Alfred affords his goods cheaper than Bantock. formsafforded · affording · affordeth · affords · affordest