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costear — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • afford verb To have enough money, time, or resources for something.
  • coast noun The land bordering the sea.
  • defray verb To pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something).
  • endow verb To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.
  • fund noun A sum of money set aside or collected for a specific purpose.
  • pay verb To give money in exchange for goods, services, or work.

Senses

costear is used for these senses in English:

  • afford To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually, after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough; to spare.
  • coast (intransitive, nautical) To sail along a coast.
  • defray To pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something).
  • endow (transitive) To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.
  • fund (transitive) To pay or provide money for.
  • pay (ambitransitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.

afford — full definition

  1. verb To have enough money, time, or resources for something.
  2. verb To be able to do something without unacceptable risk or consequence.

coast — full definition

  1. noun The land bordering the sea.
  2. verb To move forward without applying power, relying on existing momentum.
  3. verb To achieve something with minimal effort.

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