worth

These books might be worth £80 or £90 or more to a collector.
His mother inherited a farm worth 15,000 dollars a year.
The contract was worth £25 million a year.

I went and bought about six dollars' worth of potato chips. + 'of'
Large numbers of deer now roam the forests and are causing thousands of millions of roubles-worth of damage.

Worth is also a pronoun. Pronoun
`How many do you want?'—`I'll have a pound's worth.'

You've got three years' worth of research money to do what you want with. + 'of'
After an hour and a quarter's-worth of cleansing, toning and pampering, the difference to the way my skin felt was remarkable.

Worth is also a pronoun. Pronoun
There's really not very much food down there. About two weeks' worth.

If you say that something is worth having, you mean that it is pleasant or useful, and therefore a good thing to have. Adjective v-link 'worth' -ing
He's decided to get a look at the house and see if it might be worth buying.
If this was what his job required, then the job wasn't really worth having.
Most things worth having never come easy.

If something is worth a particular action, or if an action is worth doing, it is considered to be important enough for that action. Adjective
No one is worth a great deal of sacrifice. + 'worth'
I am spending a lot of money and time on this boat, but it is worth it.
This restaurant is well worth a visit.
It is worth pausing to consider these statements from Mr Davies.


Someone's worth is the value, usefulness, or importance that they are considered to have. Noun (uncountable) usu with poss formal

He had never had a woman of her worth as a friend.
The team would have need of a driver of his worth.


If you do something for all you are worth, you do it with a lot of energy and enthusiasm. Phrase V inflects
We both began waving to the crowd for all we were worth.
Push for all you're worth!


If someone does something for all it is worth, they do it as much as possible and for as long as they can get benefit from it. Phrase V inflects
You get anywhere with legal aid only by playing the system for all it is worth.
...taking an idea and exploiting it for all it's worth.


If you add for what it's worth to something that you say, you are suggesting that what you are saying or referring to may not be very valuable or helpful, especially because you do not want to appear arrogant. Phrase PHR with cl

For what it's worth, my feeling is that ice in whisky is fine.
I've brought my notes, for what it's worth.
If an action or activity is worth someone's while, it will be helpful, useful, or enjoyable for them if they do it, even though it requires some effort. Phrase v-link PHR
Synonym worthwhile

It might be worth your while to go to court and ask for the agreement to be changed.
You'll find it well worth your while to learn something of each island's special features before visiting them.
worth your weight in gold