AFFORD

v. 1 have the means, be able or rich enough, manage, bear the expense, pay, provide We cannot afford to send the children to better schools 2 give, spare, give up, contribute, donate; sacrifice The loss of a single day's work was more than I could afford 3 yield, give, supply, produce, provide, furnish, grant, offer; give forth May kind heaven afford him everlasting rest The poems afford no explanation.