"affordability" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English afford Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English affordability From afford + -ability. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|afford|-ability|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English afford Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English affordability [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "est", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-dʰlom", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tḗr", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-trom", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-dʰlis", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ðlis", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-bilis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ābilis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ty", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ty", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ts", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂ts", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tāts", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tās", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-abilitas", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "-ableté", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ablete", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ability", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "affordability", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="affordability"> From 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), Erschwinglichkeit [feminine] (German), megfizethetőség (Hungarian), convenienza [feminine] (Italian), abbordabilità [feminine] (Italian), приуштливост (priuštlivost) [feminine] (Macedonian), przystępność [feminine] (Polish), acessibilidade [feminine] (Portuguese), asequibilidad [feminine] (Spanish)
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  2. A desirable degree of that characteristic: synonym of inexpensiveness. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-affordability-en-noun-SDEmyhnU Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: unaffordability Related terms: accessibility, attainability, cheapening

Inflected forms

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  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "accessibility"
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    {
      "word": "attainability"
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    {
      "word": "cheapening"
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          "text": "First-time home buyers are feeling the squeeze of higher interest rates with mortgage affordability at its worst level for 16 years.",
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          "ref": "2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 47:",
          "text": "Fares would have to increase significantly beyond affordability to cover the costs of lightly used services.",
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          "ref": "2024 November 19, Samantha Delouya and Julia Vargas Jones, “Here’s how mass deportations could change the housing market”, in CNN:",
          "text": "Trump has said that undocumented immigrants share the blame for America’s once-in-a-generation home affordability crisis, but the president-elect’s deportation plans may backfire, driving up the cost of homebuying even further.",
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "the extent to which something is affordable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "betaalbaarheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "the extent to which something is affordable",
      "word": "edullisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "the extent to which something is affordable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Erschwinglichkeit"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "the extent to which something is affordable",
      "word": "megfizethetőség"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "the extent to which something is affordable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "convenienza"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "the extent to which something is affordable",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "abbordabilità"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "priuštlivost",
      "sense": "the extent to which something is affordable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "приуштливост"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "the extent to which something is affordable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "przystępność"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "the extent to which something is affordable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acessibilidade"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
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      "word": "asequibilidad"
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