worth
/wɜːθ/ · worth
noun
- Value or amount of something I’ll have a dollar's worth of candy, please.
- Merit, excellence, or quality of something or someone Our new director is a man whose worth is well acknowledged.
- Wealth, fortune, riches, property, or possessions The billionaire's worth is estimated to be over a hundred million dollars.
adjective
- Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for A painting worth thousands.
- Deserving of or worthy of something His friendship is not worth having.
- Valuable or worth while The experience was worth the cost and effort.
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Did you know? The word 'worth' has been used in various phrases and expressions, such as 'worth one's salt' or 'worth one's weight in gold', to convey the idea of something or someone being valuable or deserving of respect. The phrase 'all worth' was also used in the past to mean 'all that is good or desirable'.