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affordability en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English afford Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom 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.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) 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.
    • 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. 2024 November 19, Samantha Delouya and Julia Vargas Jones, “Here’s how mass deportations could change the housing market”, in CNN:
    • Fares would have to increase significantly beyond affordability to cover the costs of lightly used services. 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 47:
    • First-time home buyers are feeling the squeeze of higher interest rates with mortgage affordability at its worst level for 16 years.
  2. (uncountable) A desirable degree of that characteristic: synonym of inexpensiveness.

Deriveds

unaffordability

Relateds

cheapening · attainability · accessibility

Translations (10)

de Erschwinglichkeit (the extent to which something is affordable) · it abbordabilità (the extent to which something is affordable) · it convenienza (the extent to which something is affordable) · es asequibilidad (the extent to which something is affordable) · pl przystępność (the extent to which something is affordable) · mk приуштливост (the extent to which something is affordable) · hu megfizethetőség (the extent to which something is affordable) · pt acessibilidade (the extent to which something is affordable) · nl betaalbaarheid (the extent to which something is affordable) · fi edullisuus (the extent to which something is affordable)