worth

Examples

• All

• You want us to sit on six hundred million dollars' worth of French government bonds?!

  Fiction book (1990)

• We now have more than a century's worth of ideas for addressing the understanding of language.

  Academic text (1991)

• What we focus on is what is this business worth over its life?

• I mean, there was half a billion dollars worth of funding on the line.

  Fly Me to the Moon (2024)

• Do you think we have room for two hundred years' worth of personnel records?

  Fiction book (1991)

• I have sold thousands of dollars worth of things that I don't want.

• Your bank is already worth trillions of dollars.

• And there are trillions of dollars worth of opportunity in that.

  Evan Carmichael

• Roy is sure there's half a million dollars' worth of antiques in the house.

  Fiction book (1992)

• I found a painting worth thousands of dollars at the flea market.

Synonyms

P

price

vsworth

∞ 1.0

The amount of money you must pay to buy something

represents a general equivalent amount rather than specifically a sale cost

V

value

vsworth

∞ 1.3

How much something is worth in money or how useful it is

focuses only on an exact numeric or measured equivalent

V

valuation

vsworth

• Specialized

58 5.1

An estimate of how much something is worth

gives the final measured equivalent rather than the estimating process

M

market value

vsworth

40 2.8

The price something sells for in a market with many buyers and sellers

is a simple equivalent amount, not tied to open selling conditions

E

economic value

vsworth

• Specialized

9 3.3

The amount of money something is worth when it is bought or sold

is a direct numeric or measured equivalent rather than an exchange measure

M

monetary value

vsworth

8 3.3

How much money something is worth

is a general numeric equivalent or measurement, not only money based

Idioms

W

worth it

• Informal

518 3.5

Good enough so the time, effort, or money you spent was not wasted

W

worth a shot

• Informal

24 4.8

Good to try something even if it may not work

W

worth every penny

• Informal

16 3.4

Gives good value for the money spent

W

worth salt

• Informal

13 9.3

Good at what they do so people respect and trust them

W

worth a dime

• Informal

2 7.0

Having little or no value

F

for all it was worth

• Informal

1 6.5

As much as possible

F

for all they were worth

1 7.2

Using all your strength or effort to do something

W

worth every step

• Informal

1 6.6

So valuable that you feel the effort was not wasted

N

not worth a plug nickel

• Archaic

1 9.6

Has no value and is useless to anyone

W

worth the powder

• Archaic

1 9.8

The result is too small to make the effort

N

not worth a dime

• Informal

1 6.2

Of no value or use

P

to play it for all it's worth

• Informal

1 7.5

Use a chance as much as possible to get the most from it

W

worth the watch

• Informal

1 3.2

Good enough that you should see it

N

not worth salt

• Informal

1 9.9

Having little or no value

N

not worth the powder

• Archaic

1 9.9

Too unimportant to spend time or money on

N

not worth a Continental

• Archaic

1 9.9

Completely without value or use

W

worth a Continental

• Archaic

1 9.9

Of little or no value

W

worth one's salt

• Informal

1 8.1

Good and able at a job so they deserve their pay or respect

N

not worth writing home about

• Informal

1 7.0

Not very good or special

N

not worth a whistle

• Informal

9.1

A thing that has no value or use

N

not worth a brass farthing

• Archaic

9.9

Completely without value or use

W

worth only a nickel

• Archaic

6.9

It has very little value

Compounds

S

self-worth

30 3.7

A feeling that you are a good and important person

L

life's worth

25 8.0

How much value people give to a person's life

D

dime's worth

• Informal

4 8.1

A very small, unimportant amount

T

tuppence worth

• Archaic

1 9.9

A small opinion someone gives, often when not asked

How Much

valuable

241 2.3

worth

486 1.4

valueless

4 3.6

Surface Forms

Etymology