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Afforded
Afford Af*ford" ([a^]f*f[=o]rd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Afforded; p. pr. & vb. n. Affording.] [OE. aforthen, AS. gefor[eth]ian, for[eth]ian, to further, accomplish, afford, fr. for[eth] forth, forward. The prefix ge- has no well defined sense. See Forth.] 1. To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue; as, grapes afford wine; olives afford oil; the earth affords fruit; the sea affords an abundant supply of fish. 2. To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish; as, a good life affords consolation in old age. His tuneful Muse affords the sweetest numbers. --Addison. The quiet lanes . . . afford calmer retreats. --Gilpin. 3. To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury; as, A affords his goods cheaper than B; a man can afford a sum yearly in charity. 4. To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; -- with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough. The merchant can afford to trade for smaller profits. --Hamilton. He could afford to suffer With those whom he saw suffer. --Wordsworth.

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- Fforde is an English surname, a variant of Ford. Notable people with the surname include: Adam Fforde, British economist Arthur fforde (1900–1985), British...
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- Brownlow fforde GBE (23 August 1900 – 26 June 1985) was an English solicitor, civil servant, headmaster, writer and businessman. Arthur fforde was educated...
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- Sir Cecil Robert Fforde KC (24 June 1875 – 20 October 1951) was a British barrister, judge and diplomat. Fforde was born in Bombay, British India, the...
- Adam Fforde is a British economist specializing in Vietnam. Born in London in 1953, he was educated at Westminster School and the University of Oxford...
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- Lady Jean Sybil Violet Fforde DL (née Graham; 7 November 1920 – 13 October 2017), between 1954 and 1995 the 20th Countess of Arran, was a Scottish aristocrat...
- John Standish Fforde (16 November 1921 – 10 April 2000) was a British economist who was active in the Bank of England between 1957 and 1984. As Chief Cashier...