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afford
verb as in able to have or do; within financial means
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Marfia, 81, had to sell his family home after his wife died because he couldn’t afford $3,000 in monthly expenses and was in debt.
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She would nibble at it inside the tent, out of sight from other children whose parents couldn’t afford to buy their kids fruit.
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So I had this creative part of my personality, and I wanted to get scholarships so I could afford to come to America.
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Yet Japan has had little trouble affording the interest payments.
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“They can afford it, but they started to ask, ‘Can I justify it?’”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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