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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.

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   • Worth combines with time expressions, so you can use worth when you are saying how long an amount of something will last. For example, a week's worth of food is the amount of food that will last you for a week. The film is his own compilation of more than 50 hours-worth of footage. Worth is also a pronoun.

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