affordability.
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.
Meaning & usage
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.
A desirable degree of that characteristic: synonym of inexpensiveness.
Where this word comes from
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.
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