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worth¹ Definition

worth (wʉrt̸h)

noun

  1. material value, esp. as expressed in terms of money or some other medium of exchange
  2. that quality of a person or thing that lends importance, value, merit, etc. and that is measurable by the esteem in which the person or thing is held
  3. the amount or quantity of something that may be had for a given sum a dollar's worth of nuts
  4. wealth; possessions; riches

Etymology: ME < OE weorth, akin to weorthian, to honor, Ger wert, worth, werden, to become < IE *wert-, to turn: see verse

  1. deserving or worthy of; meriting not worth the effort
  2. equal in worth or value to a book that is worth $50
  3. having wealth or possessions amounting to a man worth half a million

worth¹ Idioms

for all one is worth

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to the extent of one's power or ability; to the utmost

worth² Definition

worth (wʉrt̸h)

intransitive verb

Archaic to become woe worth the day

Etymology: ME worthen < OE weorthan, to become, used as auxiliary of the pass., akin to Ger werden: see worth

worth Synonyms

worth

modif.

deserving, meriting, equal in value to, priced at, exchangeable for, valued at, worth in the open market, pegged at, cashable for, good for, appraised at, having a face value of, reasonably estimated at, bid at, held at.

for all one is worth

greatly, mightily, hard; see powerfully, vigorously.

worth Synonyms

worth

n.

goodness, excellence, merit; see quality 3, value 1, 2, 3, 4. See syn. study at value.

worth Law Definition

n

  1. The value of something, expressed in monetary terms; all of a thing’s qualities that make it useful and valuable, expressed in terms of a medium of exchange.
  2. The total monetary value of a person.
  3. The sentimental value of something; emotional value.
worth Usage Examples

Possessives

  • massivelyit: They're dressed their remember how many hand than them hand massivelyit's worth.
  • quid: Eighteen quid's worth of gasoline is about the same price as a decent bottle of whiskey isn't it?
  • pound: Complicating matters are two million pounds ' worth of Grade A ecstasy, a brutal neo-Nazi sect and a whole series of double crossings.
  • penny: Plans had already been formed for a trip down King Pot before I turned up with my penny's worth.
  • money: We certainly had our money's worth out of them.

Noun used with modifier

  • self: The people's sense of self worth and self-esteem is low.

Adjective modifier

  • intrinsic: A counter-argument is possible, that humanity ' just has ' intrinsic worth.
  • net: Business Angels are individuals of high net worth with a track record of business success.
  • 1m: Click on this to get 1m 18s worth of storyboard images that were not used along with the screenwriter's commentary.
  • equal: Communicative freedom presupposes the recognition that all human beings are of equal worth.
  • 1million: We Will Rock You Features more than £ 1million worth of LED screens, especially shipped from Hong Kong.
  • true: JVC's John Carpenter says that the UK television industry is now coming to realize the true worth of D-9.

Modifies a noun

  • checking: Any site which has a water supply for the birds to drink from is worth checking.
  • buying: The focus becomes more how much can we borrow for this issue than is it worth buying.
  • watching: It's an excellent film with good fight scences and well worth watching.
  • bearing: Some supermarkets even provide glass hire for free or a small deposit which is definitely worth bearing in mind.
  • while: It's done, and of course it ain't worth while, and who cares?
  • investing: It might be worth investing in a tape recorder or even a video camera.

Preposition: in

  • excess: By the 1980's, Spelling's personal fortune was worth in excess of $ 300 million.
worth Quotes

It is unfortunate we can't buy many business executives for whattheyare worth and sell them for whatthey think theyare worth.

—Forbes, (Malcolm Stevenson) 'Steve',Jr

I grow in worth, and wit, and sense, Unboding critic-pen, Or that eternal want of pence, Which vexes public men.

—Tennyson

   Obsequiousness isglorified: While honest worth must wait outside.

—Chao

: Is not the Giant's Causeway worth seeing? :Worth seeing? Yes, but not worth going to see.

—Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson

Thesecretariesherehaveanadvantage Inever had.They can prove to themselves their commercial worth.

—Rockefeller,John D(avison),Jr

Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retir'd; Bid her come forth, Suffer her self to be desir'd, And not blush to be admir'd.

—Waller, Edmund

There are only two things worth aiming for: good music and a clean conscience.

—Hindemith, Paul

All along the line, physically, mentally, morally, alcohol is a weakening and deadening force, and it is worth a great deal to save women and girls from its influence.

—Webb, (Martha) Beatrice ne¤  e Potter

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

—Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of

The worth ofthe State, inthelong run, istheworth of the individuals composing it.

—Mill,John Stuart

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