affordability
affordability noun: 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.
Noun
affordability (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.
- First-time home buyers are feeling the squeeze of higher interest rates with mortgage affordability at its worst level for 16 years.
- 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
- A desirable degree of that characteristic: synonym of inexpensiveness.
affordability meaning in Kannada
affordability in Kannada
- ಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ, ಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಶಕ್ತಿ, ಪಡೆಯುವ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ, ಹೊಂದುವ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ, ಹೊಂದುವ ಶಕ್ತಿ
Origin of affordability
From afford + -ability.
Words formed from affordability
Questions about affordability
- What does affordability mean?
- Affordability means 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.
- What is affordability in Kannada?
- Affordability in Kannada is ಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ, ಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಶಕ್ತಿ, ಪಡೆಯುವ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ. See Affordability meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is affordability?
- Affordability is a noun.
Words near affordability in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: affordability (page history and authors); affordability (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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