LORD ABBETT AFFILIATED FUND INC
24F-2NT, 1996-12-30
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                     U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                Washington, D.C.

                                   FORM 24F-2
             ANNUAL NOTICE OF SECURITIES SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 24F-2


1.   Name and address of issuer:

         Lord Abbett Affiliated Fund, Inc.
         767 Fifth Avenue
         New York, New York 10153

2.   Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice is filed:

         Class A, B and C.


3.   Investment Company Act File Number:
     Securities Act File Number:

         811-5
         2-10638

4.   Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed:

         October 31, 1996

5.   Check box if this  notice is being filed more than 180 days after the close
     of the issuer's fiscal year for purposes of reporting securities sold after
     the close of the fiscal year but before  termination  of the issuer's 24f-2
     declaration: ____


6.   Date of  termination of issuer's  declaration  under rule  24f-2(a)(1),  if
     applicable (see Instruction A.6):


7.   Number and amount of  securities of the same class or series which had been
     registered  under the  Securities  Act of 1933 other than  pursuant to rule
     24f-2 in a prior fiscal year, but which remained unsold at the beginning of
     the fiscal year:

                           None

8.   Number and amount of  securities  registered  during the fiscal  year other
     than pursuant to rule 24f-2:

                           None

9.   Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year:

         46,291,307 shares                  $555,712,816


10.  Number and aggregate  sale price of securities  sold during the fiscal year
     in reliance upon registration pursuant to rule 24f-2:



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         46,291,307 shares                  $555,712,816


11.  Number and aggregate sale price of securities issued during the fiscal year
     in  connection  with  dividend   reinvestment  plans,  if  applicable  (see
     Instruction B.7):


         43,970,004 shares                  $497,740,138

12.  Calculation of registration fee:

     (i)  Aggregate  sale price of  securities  sold  during the fiscal  year in
          reliance on rule 24f-2 (from Item 10):

                                            $555,712,816


     (ii) Aggregate   price  of  shares  issued  in  connection   with  dividend
          reinvestment plans (from Item 11, if applicable):

                                            +497,740,138

     (iii) Aggregate  price of shares  redeemed or repurchased during the fiscal
          year (if applicable):

                                           -435,624,271


     (iv) Aggregate  price of shares  redeemed  or  repurchased  and  previously
          applied  as a  reduction  to filing  fees  pursuant  to rule 24e-2 (if
          applicable):

                                              +0

     (v)  Net aggregate  price of  securities  sold and issued during the fiscal
          year in reliance on rule 24f-2  [line (i),  plus line (ii),  less line
          (iii), plus line (iv)] (if applicable):


                                              $617,828,683

     (vi) Multiplier prescribed by Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 or
          other applicable law or regulation (see Instruction 6.C):

                                              x.0003030303

     (vii) Fee due [line (i) or line (v) multiplied by line (vi)]:

                                              $187,220.81

     Instruction:  ISSUERS SHOULD COMPLETE LINES (II),  (III), (IV) AND (V) ONLY
          IF THE FORM IS BEING  FILED  WITHIN  60 DAYS  AFTER  THE  CLOSE OF THE
          ISSUER'S FISCAL YEAR. See Instruction C.3.


     13.  Check  box if fees are  being  remitted  to the  Commission's  lockbox
          depository  as described in section 3a of the  Commissions's  Rules of
          Informal and Other Procedures (17 CFR 202.3a). _X_

         Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the Commissions'
         lockbox depository:

 December 30, 1996

    
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                                   SIGNATURES

This  report has been  signed  below by the  following  persons on behalf of the
issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By:  /s/ Thomas F. Konop

Name:    Thomas F. Konop

Title: Vice President, Lord Abbett Affiliated Fund, Inc.

Date:  December 30, 1996
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                              DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON
                                875 THIRD AVENUE
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022
                                 (212) 909-6000

                                                              December 30, 1996


Lord Abbett Affiliated Fund, Inc.
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY  10153

Dear Sirs:

                  We refer to the Rule 24f-2  Notice (the "Rule 24f-2  Notice"),
dated today, relating to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A covering shares
of capital stock,  par value $0.001 per share, of Lord Abbett  Affiliated  Fund,
Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Fund"). The Fund has registered an indefinite
number of shares of its capital stock under such Registration Statement pursuant
to Rule 24f-2 under the  Investment  Company Act of 1940,  as amended.  The Rule
24f-2  Notice makes  definite the number of shares of capital  stock of the Fund
(46,291,307)  that were so  registered  during the fiscal year ended October 31,
1996.

                  We  have  examined  and  relied  upon  originals,   or  copies
certified  to  our   satisfaction,   of  such  corporate   records,   documents,
certificates  and  other  instruments  as  in  our  judgment  are  necessary  or
appropriate to enable us to render the opinion set forth below.
                        We are of the following opinion:

                  The 46,291,307 shares of capital stock of the
                  Fund, the registration of which the Rule 24f-2







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                  Notice  makes  definite in number,  have been duly  authorized
                  and,  to the  extent  they  remain  outstanding,  are  legally
                  issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

                  We hereby  consent to the use of this  opinion  in  connection
with the filing of the Rule 24f-2  Notice.  In giving  such  consent,  we do not
hereby  admit that we come  within the  category  of  persons  whose  consent is
required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules
and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.

                                                    Very truly yours,


                                                  DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON






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