engelska-holländska översättning av afford

vergunnen
veroorloven
Wij kunnen ons geen verder uitstel veroorloven. We cannot afford further delays. Dit kunnen wij ons niet veroorloven. It simply cannot afford to do so. We kunnen ons deze braindrain niet veroorloven. We cannot afford this brain drain.

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
To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury
To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue
To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish

I think we can afford the extra hour it will take. We can only afford to buy a small car at the moment
A affords his goods cheaper than B
Grapes afford wine. Olives afford oil. The earth affords fruit. The sea affords an abundant supply of fish
A good life affords consolation in old age

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