"affordability" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: afford + -ability Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|afford|ability}} afford + -ability Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} affordability (uncountable)
  1. The extent or degree to which something is affordable, as measured by its cost relative to the amount that the purchaser is able to pay. Tags: uncountable Translations (the extent to which something is affordable): betaalbaarheid [feminine] (Dutch), edullisuus (Finnish), convenienza [feminine] (Italian), abbordabilità [feminine] (Italian), przystępność [feminine] (Polish), acessibilidade [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-affordability-en-noun-BYYsmhOs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ability Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ability: 67 33 Disambiguation of 'the extent to which something is affordable': 90 10
  2. A desirable degree of that characteristic: synonym of inexpensiveness. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-affordability-en-noun-SDEmyhnU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: unaffordability Related terms: accessibility, attainability, cheapening

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for affordability meaning in All languages combined (2.7kB)

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