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

intransitive verb

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