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   worth

   /wəːθ/

   adjective

   • 1. equivalent in value to the sum or item specified: "jewellery worth £450 was taken"
   • ▪ having income or property amounting to a specified sum: "she is worth £10 million"
   • 2. sufficiently good, important, or interesting to be treated or regarded in the way specified: "the museums in the district are well worth a visit"
   • ▪ used to suggest that the specified course of action may be advisable: "the company's service schemes are worth checking out"

   noun

   • 1. the level at which someone or something deserves to be valued or rated: "they had to listen to every piece of gossip and judge its worth"
   • ▪ an amount of a commodity equivalent to a specified sum of money: "he admitted stealing 10,000 pounds' worth of computer systems" Similar valuefinancial valuemonetary valuepriceasking priceselling pricecostvaluationquotationestimateassessment
   • ▪ high value or merit: "he is noble, and gains his position by showing his inner worth" Similar benefitadvantageusevaluevirtueusefulnessutilityservicegainprofitavailvalidityhelpassistanceaiddesirabilityattractivenessallureappealsignificancepointsenseinformal:mileagepercentagearchaic:behoofworthinessmeritmeritoriousnesscreditvalueexcellencecalibrequalitystatureeminencegreatnessconsequenceimportancesignificancedistinctionsuperioritygiftstalentsstrengthsendowments
   • 2. the amount that could be achieved or produced in a specified time: "the companies have debts greater than two years' worth of their sales"

   Word Origin Old Englishw(e)orth (adjective and noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch waard and German wert.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishWORTH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   WORTH definition: 1. having a particular value, especially in money: 2. having a particular amount of money: 3. to…. Learn more.

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   Worth definition: good or important enough to justify (what is specified). See examples of WORTH used in a sentence.

4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › worthWorth Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   1. a. : monetary value. farmhouse and lands of little worth. b. : the equivalent of a specified amount or figure. a dollar's worth of gas. 2. : the value of something measured by its qualities or by the esteem in which it is held. a literary heritage of great worth. 3. a. : moral or personal value. trying to teach human worth. b.

5. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishworth adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   Definition of worth adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

6. www.thefreedictionary.com › worthWorth - definition of worth by The Free Dictionary

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   1. The quality that renders something desirable, useful, or valuable: the worth of higher education. 2. Material or market value: stocks having a worth of ten million dollars. 3. A quantity of something that may be purchased for a specified sum or by a specified means: ten dollars' worth of natural gas; wanted their money's worth. 4.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishWORTH | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   WORTH definition: 1. to have a particular value, especially in money: 2. to be useful or enjoyable to do/see/try…. Learn more.

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishWORTH definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Worth combines with amounts of money, so that when you talk about a particular amount of money 's worth of something, you mean the quantity of it that you can buy for that amount of money. I went and bought about six dollars' worth of potato chips.