"affordable" meaning in English

See affordable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əˈfɔː(ɹ).də.bəl/ [UK], /əˈfɔɹ.də.bəl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-affordable.wav Forms: more affordable [comparative], most affordable [superlative]
Etymology: From afford + -able. Etymology templates: {{af|en|afford|-able}} afford + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} affordable (comparative more affordable, superlative most affordable)
  1. Able to be afforded; inexpensive or reasonably priced. Synonyms: see at inexpensive § Synonyms Derived forms: affordable housing, affordably [adverb] Translations (able to be afforded): մատչելի (matčʻeli) (Armenian), даступны (dastupny) (Belarusian), 支付得起的 (zhīfùdeqǐ de) (Chinese Mandarin), 付得起的 (fùdeqǐ de) (Chinese Mandarin), 買得起的 (Chinese Mandarin), 买得起的 (mǎideqǐ de) (Chinese Mandarin), 實惠價格 (Chinese Mandarin), 实惠价格 (shíhuì jiàgé) (Chinese Mandarin), 優惠價格 (Chinese Mandarin), 优惠价格 (yōuhuì jiàgé) (Chinese Mandarin), overkommelig (Danish), betaalbaar (Dutch), kohtuuhintainen (Finnish), abordable (French), à un prix abordable (French), pas trop cher (French), erschwinglich (German), megfizethető (Hungarian), d'acmhainn (Irish), de ghustal (Irish), conveniente (Italian), vantaggioso (Italian), 価格が手頃 (kakaku ga tegoro) (alt: かかくがてごろ) (Japanese), 알맞은 (almajeun) (Korean), 적당한 (jeokdanghan) (Korean), overkommelig (Norwegian Bokmål), niedrogi (Polish), przystępny (Polish), acessível (Portuguese), досту́пный (dostúpnyj) (Russian), asequible (Spanish), económico (Spanish), överkomlig (Swedish), досту́пний (dostúpnyj) (Ukrainian)
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    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "able to be afforded",
      "word": "económico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "able to be afforded",
      "word": "överkomlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dostúpnyj",
      "sense": "able to be afforded",
      "word": "досту́пний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "affordable"
}

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