affordable

«affordable» in Mova's school dictionary: cheap enough for people to be able to buy or pay for — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (affordable, more affordable, most affordable)

meaning for a pupil

Affordable means cheap enough for people to be able to buy or pay for. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and money lessons it is about prices of food, homes and toys. In news it appears in "affordable housing". Phrases: affordable housing, affordable prices, more affordable.

examples

• This bike is more affordable than that one. tree →
• The town needs more affordable homes. tree →
• Fresh fruit should be affordable for every family. tree →
• We looked for an affordable holiday. tree →
• Second-hand books are very affordable. tree →
• Prices became less affordable this year. tree →

note

From afford + -able. Opposite: unaffordable, expensive. In maths problems, "affordable" means the price is not more than the money you have: with £20, a £15 toy is affordable, a £25 one is not.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «affordable» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.