Definition of Worth

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Definition of Worth

Worth

The principal which, drawing interest at a given rate, will amount to the given sum at the date on which this is to be paid; thus, interest being at 6%, the present value of $106 due one year hence is $100.

To be; to become; to betide; -- now used only in the phrases, woe worth the day, woe worth the man, etc., in which the verb is in the imperative, and the nouns day, man, etc., are in the dative. Woe be to the day, woe be to the man, etc., are equivalent phrases.

Valuable; of worthy; estimable; also, worth while.

Equal in value to; furnishing an equivalent for; proper to be exchanged for.

Deserving of; -- in a good or bad sense, but chiefly in a good sense.

Having possessions equal to; having wealth or estate to the value of.

That quality of a thing which renders it valuable or useful; sum of valuable qualities which render anything useful and sought; value; hence, often, value as expressed in a standard, as money; equivalent in exchange; price.

Value in respect of moral or personal qualities; excellence; virtue; eminence; desert; merit; usefulness; as, a man or magistrate of great worth.

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Worth Quotations

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.
Thomas Jefferson

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.
Thomas Jefferson

I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life.
Ronald Reagan

Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.
Ronald Reagan

One picture is worth 1,000 denials.
Ronald Reagan

The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.
Mark Twain

A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.
Yogi Berra

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Kahlil Gibran

One today is worth two tomorrows.
Benjamin Franklin

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
Benjamin Franklin

Worth Translations

worth in Afrikaans is waarde
worth in Dutch is waarde, gehalte
worth in Finnish is arvo
worth in French is valeur
worth in German is Geltung, Wert, Wert
worth in Italian is valore
worth in Latin is excellentia, virtus, dignitas
worth in Norwegian is verdi
worth in Portuguese is valor
worth in Spanish is valia

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