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How to pronounce worth in English?

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Synonyms charles frederick worth
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Synonyms deserving


an idea worth considering.
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Type of indefinite quantity
Has types penn'orth, ha'p'orth, halfpennyworth, pennyworth


10 dollars worth of gasoline.
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not worth his salt.
worth her weight in gold.
an appraisal determined the antique carved chair was worth $900.
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Type of quality
Has types praisworthiness, price, value, virtue, worthwhileness, fault, merit, demerit
Derivation worthy

Examples of worth

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This quirky cultural trait might be worth looking into and trying to understand.
From the stltoday.com
Your house and property are worth exactly what a buyer is willing to pay for it.
From the thenewstribune.com
Embree got a base salary worth approximately $1 million a season for five years.
From the omaha.com
There was no use trying to sell it because it would cost more than it was worth.
From the thenewstribune.com
Overall, the show in Season 10 is worth cheering once more as ratings stabilize.
From the denverpost.com
Some nights the siren call of popcorn was worth the prospect of a little danger.
From the denverpost.com
Sequoia just gave Color two years worth of time not to have to worry about that.
From the techcrunch.com
The Yankees offered him a six-year deal worth just under $140 million last week.
From the online.wsj.com
In 2010, the Los Angeles Business Journal estimated his net worth at $7 billion.
From the boston.com
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  • An indefinite quantity of something having a specified value; "10 dollars worth of gasoline"
  • Deserving: worthy of being treated in a particular way; "an idea worth considering"; "the deserving poor" (often used ironically)
  • The quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful
  • Worth(p): having a specified value; "not worth his salt"; "worth her weight in gold"
  • French couturier (born in England) regarded as the founder of Parisian haute couture; noted for introducing the bustle (1825-1895)
  • Worth (1909-1912) was an American Thoroughbred race horse. He was the winner of the 1912 Kentucky Derby, as well as the Chesapeake Stakes and Latonia Handicap. He was the top racehorse, based on earnings, in 1911 and became a U.S. champion in 1912.
  • Founded in 1992, Worth is a wealth management magazine for high-net-worth individuals. Under its current ownership, the magazine will reflect a significant redesign in the spring of 2009 with a continued focus on topics related to both wealth creation and wealth management, including ...
  • Worth is a station on Metra's SouthWest Service in Worth, Illinois. The station is away from Union Station, the northern terminus of the line. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Worth is in zone D.
  • In business, net worth (sometimes called net liabilities) is the total assets minus total outside liabilities of an individual or a company. For a company, this is called shareholders' preference and may be referred to as book value. Net worth is stated as at a particular year in time. ...