[əˈfɔːd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- have enough money to pay for
(e.g: the best that I could afford was a first-floor room)

- provide or supply (an opportunity or facility)
(e.g: the rooftop terrace affords beautiful views)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Old English geforthian, from ge- (prefix implying completeness) + forthian ‘to further’, from forth. The original sense was ‘promote, perform, accomplish’, later ‘manage, be in a position to do’