affordability
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3.4
- noun
- /əˌfɔrdəˈbɪlɪti/
- The rising cost of living has raised concerns about the affordability of housing in urban areas.
- affordability and accessibility
- affordability and access
- affordability and availability
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- Now, the second thing is, well, pricing and affordability.
- The three things that affect affordability are wages, mortgage rates, and home prices.
- And then, you know, we've touched on the affordability piece.
- And it honestly has the most to do with affordability.
- That's more than the entire population of the United States young who have the affordability to consume goods and services.
- And I think because rates have gone so high so quick, people's affordability very quickly is going to go down.
Examples
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The need for more equity and affordability arises from the dual systems of public and private education.
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And those are really keys to this and access to care and affordability of care.
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And we did a study looking at affordability and looking at some of the affordability standards.
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Yet they tell us very little about the affordability of higher education in the United States.
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And I think because rates have gone so high so quick, people's affordability very quickly is going to go down.
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Her research interests include college affordability, community colleges, and international students.
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The three things that affect affordability are wages, mortgage rates, and home prices.
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Its findings and recommendations focus on six familiar issues: access, cost and affordability, financial aid, learning, and innovation.
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Using this instrument provides a snapshot of food affordability and access as indicators of community food security.
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The public wants four things from our healthcare system: quality, affordability, security, and access (Taylor 1993).
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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1.0
A cost lower than normal that makes something affordable
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1.1
A state when something is sold at a low price
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3.6
A low price that many people can afford
Antonyms
Compounds
How Affordable
Surface Forms
Morphology
affordability = affordable (transparent) = afford + able + ity
Formed from the adjective 'affordable' by adding the productive noun-forming suffix '-ity', yielding 'the quality of being affordable', which is directly predictable.
Etymology
Affordability comes from afford and the part -ability, where afford means 'to be able to pay for' and -ability means 'can be done', as in able. So affordability is the quality of being 'able to be paid for', or how easy something is for people to buy.