Originally Posted by
tomato coupe
As I recall, you stated that the word "'afford' has two entirely distinct definitions". You just agreed that one of those definitions is not being used in this discussion. That seems to imply that we are therefore using the same definition of the word in this discussion.
Actually, no. You're using subtly different but perhaps overlapping definitions--he uses "more affordable" to mean "I can buy this thing while using it and not have to forego eating like I would if I paid for it all now" while you're using it to mean "lower total lifetime cost".
The dictionary definition just isn't subtle enough or long enough to capture that contrast.