worth

/wɜrθ/ n [U] (MONEY)

Definition

› the amount of money that something can be sold for: The estimated worth of her jewels alone is about $30 million. › A particular amount of money’s worth of something is the amount of money that it costs: $20 worth of gasoline

(Definition of worth n (MONEY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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worth adj IMPORTANCE
worth adj MONEY
worth it idiom
worth n AMOUNT
worth n IMPORTANCE
worth n MONEY
worth your while idiom
worthless adj IMPORTANCE
worthless adj MONEY
worthlessness n 1
worthlessness n 2

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worth n IMPORTANCE
worth n AMOUNT
worth adj IMPORTANCE
worth adj MONEY
worth it idiom
worth your while idiom

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worth it idiom
worth your while idiom
someone's two cents' worth, at someone's two cents idiom
for what it’s worth idiom
get your money’s worth idiom

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