What does AFFORDABLE mean?
Definitions for AFFORDABLE
əˈfɔr də bəl, əˈfoʊr-af·ford·able
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Princeton's WordNet
low-cost, low-priced, affordableadjective
that you have the financial means for
"low-cost housing"
Wiktionary
affordableadjective
something that can be afforded.
Etymology: afford + -able
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affordable
Affordable refers to something that is reasonably priced and within one's financial means. It implies that the cost of a product, service, or activity is not too high and can be easily purchased, accessed or managed without causing financial hardship. The perception of what is considered affordable can vary based on an individual's income, expenses, and personal financial situation.
Webster Dictionary
Affordableadjective
that may be afforded
Editors Contribution
affordable
Able to be afforded by a working adult who earns a starting wage of the standard living wage, verified using data, facts, information, research and statistics to create the monetary amount.
Affordable housing and affordable transport are important to people within society.
Submitted by MaryC on July 29, 2020
affordable
The fair, just and transparent cost cocreated by a social enterprise, organization or unity government for a product, service, commodity or goods that are accessible to all people.
Budget airlines use affordable costs to ensure the just amount of people can fly on their aircraft and the aircraft have a just capacity when flying.
Submitted by MaryC on September 26, 2016
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of AFFORDABLE in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of AFFORDABLE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of AFFORDABLE in a Sentence
Paul Murphy from IndigoVision:
Only in the last two years has it become affordable and reliable, the cost has been prohibitive until recently and also the technology wasn't quite good enough.
I've always been an advocate for a single-payer system, but, you know, the votes aren't there, so I think we really have to concentrate on trying to stabilize the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, particularly since the Donald Trump administration is consistently trying to sabotage it.
District Judge Reed O'Connor has declared the individual mandate unconstitutional and the rest of Affordable Care Act invalid, but District Judge Reed O'Connor has not blocked its continued operation.
Despite the government promising to provide the people of South Africa with affordable electricity, many of them can not afford Eskom's coal-powered electricity -- the costs of which continue to escalate, ironically the same communities who live next door to these coal plants, and have to suffer their impacts daily, do not have reliable, affordable electricity in their homes.
Industry Minister Atchaka Sibunruang:
Hybrid vehicles are still expensive now but once there is a factory established and batteries are available this will make it affordable for consumers.
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