worth
Other forms: worths
The noun worth refers to the monetary value of something. If your grandmother gives you a strange old coin from her collection, you can have it appraised to determine its worth.
The noun worth also means the inherent value of something based on the qualities of excellence, usefulness or importance. Don't underestimate your worth to the group; the whole bake sale would have fallen apart without you, and your brownies were delicious. As an adjective worth describes something that has a value or deserves to be treated a certain way, like when your hard work baking is worth the effort.
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the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or usefulantonyms:worthlessnesshaving no qualities that would render it valuable or usefultypes:valuethe quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuablepraisworthinessthe property of deserving praiseworthwhilenessvalue sufficient to repay time or effort spentpricethe high value or worth of somethinginvaluableness, preciousness, pricelessness, valuablenessthe positive quality of being precious and beyond valuecost, monetary value, pricethe property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)richnessthe quality of having high intrinsic valueimportancethe quality of being important and worthy of noteunimportancethe quality of not being important or worthy of notenational incomethe total value of all income in a nation (wages and profits and interest and rents and pension payments) during a given period (usually 1 yr)GNP, gross national productformer measure of the United States economy; the total market value of goods and services produced by all citizens and capital during a given period (usually 1 yr)GDP, gross domestic productthe measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and capital within a nation's borders during a given period (usually 1 year)face value, nominal value, par valuethe value of a security that is set by the company issuing it; unrelated to market valuebook valuethe value at which an asset is carried on a balance sheet; equals cost minus accumulated depreciationmarket price, market valuethe price at which buyers and sellers trade the item in an open marketplacetype of:qualityan essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
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an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value“10 dollars worth of gasoline”types:type of:indefinite quantityan estimated quantity
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having a specified value“not worth his salt”“worth her weight in gold”synonyms:valuablehaving great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange
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worthy of being treated in a particular way
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Vocabulary lists containing worth
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