worth
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worth/wɜːθ/
▶adjective
- 1 equivalent in value to the sum or item specified.
■ having income or property amounting to a specified sum.
- 2 deserving to be treated or regarded in the way specified.
- 1 the value or merit of someone or something.
■ an amount of a commodity equivalent to a specified sum of money.
- 2 the amount that could be achieved or produced in a specified time.
– phrases
for all one is worth informal as energetically or enthusiastically as one can.
for what it is worth used when offering a suggestion or opinion without making a claim as to its validity.
for all one is worth informal as energetically or enthusiastically as one can.
for what it is worth used when offering a suggestion or opinion without making a claim as to its validity.
– origin OE w(e)orth (adj. and n.), of Gmc origin.
'worth' also found in these Oxford entries:
aureus
- bawbee
- beneath
- billionaire
- bonny
- candle
- centesimo
- cheap
- collectable
- countervail
- damn
- dandiprat
- denarius
- detract
- devalue
- disparage
- double eagle
- doubloon
- eagle
- equivalent
- estimate
- face value
- far
- featherweight
- florin
- full
- groat
- half-sovereign
- insignificant
- investment
- jobsworth
- lepton
- liveable
- memorable
- merit
- mill
- millionaire
- multimillionaire
- negligible
- nullity
- obol
- opinion
- out
- price
- prize
- quarter
- quotable
- repay
- salt
- score
