- ten dollars’, £40, etc. worth of something an amount of something that has the value mentioned
- The winner will receive fifty pounds' worth of books.
- The floods caused tens of millions of pounds' worth of damage.
- a dollar’s worth of change
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- a week’s, month’s, etc. worth of something an amount of something that lasts a week, etc.
- the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
- Their contribution was of great worth.
- The activities help children to develop a sense of their own worth.
- A good interview enables candidates to prove their worth (= show how good they are).
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb1- Asking for advice from people affirms their personal worth.
- Can you give me some estimate of its worth?
- Cutting out the debts will increase your net worth.
- He never contributed anything of worth to the conversation.
- I only found out its real worth when I tried to buy another one.
- She has no sense of her own worth.
- She knows her own worth.
- Some experts doubt the economic worth of the project.
- Study has an intrinsic worth, as well as helping you achieve your goals.
- The emergency lighting has proved its worth this year.
- The insurance company agreed to pay the car's current market worth.
- They are looking for a new sales manager of proven worth.
- They don't appreciate her at her real worth.
- This necklace isn't worth anything in money terms, but its worth to me is incalculable.
- A good job interview should help candidates prove their worth.
- The children here quickly gain a sense of their own worth.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- real
- true
- inherent
- …
- have
- demonstrate
- prove
- …
- of worth
- worth to
- a sense of (your own) worth
Word OriginOld English w(e)orth (adjective and noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch waard and German wert.
Idioms
See worth in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee worth in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishget your money’s worth
- to get enough value or pleasure out of something, considering the amount of money, time, etc. that you are spending on it
- Let’s spend all day there and really get our money’s worth.
- The boat trip lasts three hours, so you certainly get your money's worth.
Synonyms pricepricecost ▪ value ▪ expense ▪ worthThese words all refer to the amount of money that you have to pay for something.price the amount of money that you have to pay for an item or service:
- house prices
- How much are these? They don’t have a price on them.
- I can’t afford it at that price.
- A new computer system has been installed at a cost of £80 000.
- The winner will receive a prize to the value of £1 000.
- The garden was transformed at great expense.
- Running a car is a big expense.
- He has a personal net worth of $10 million.
- the high price/cost/value
- the real/true price/cost/value/worth
- to put/set a price/value on something
- to increase/reduce the price/cost/value/expense
- to raise/double/lower the price/cost/value
- to cut the price/cost
put in your two cents’ worth (North American English)
(British English put in your two pennyworth, put in your two penn’orth)
- (informal) to give your opinion about something, even if other people do not want to hear itTopics Opinion and argumentc2
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