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• worth doing — • worth (doing) • worth it • worthwhile likely to pay useful dividends in return for time or effort spent …   Idioms and examples

• if a thing’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well — Job is sometimes used instead of thing. 1746 CHESTERFIELD Letter 9 Oct. (1932) III. 783 Care and application are necessary... In truth, whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. 1910 G. K. CHESTERTON What’s Wrong with World IV. xiv. The …   Proverbs new dictionary

• be worth doing — ► useful, important, or good enough to be a suitable reward for the money or time spent or the effort made: »Many income funds are worth considering since the total return is often better than from a growth fund. »It is worth keeping an eye on… …   Financial and business terms

• worth while — worth while, worthwhile The traditional distinction is to use the two word form predicatively (i.e. after a verb, as in The experiment was worth while) and the one word form attributively (i.e. before a noun, as in a worthwhile experiment).… …   Modern English usage

• worth your while — worth doing : interesting or rewarding If you help me I ll make it worth your while. [=I ll make it worthwhile for you; I ll reward you for helping me] It would be worth your while to study the material again before the test. see also ↑worthwhil …   Useful english dictionary

• worth — • worth (doing) • worth it • worthwhile likely to pay useful dividends in return for time or effort spent …   Idioms and examples

• worth it — • worth (doing) • worth it • worthwhile likely to pay useful dividends in return for time or effort spent …   Idioms and examples

• worth — ▪ I. worth worth 1 [wɜːθ ǁ wɜːrθ] noun [uncountable] 1. the value of something in money: • The balance sheet will not show the current worth of the company. • I am willing to buy £100,000 worth of bonds. 2. ten hours worth/​a week s etc worth of… …   Financial and business terms

• worth — worth1 [ wɜrθ ] adjective Worth usually follows the verb to be and is always followed by either a noun, pronoun, or number, or by the ing form of a verb: The painting is probably worth thousands of dollars. It was a difficult trip, but it was… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• worth — 1 preposition 1 be worth to have a value in money: How much is the ring worth? | be worth 10/$500 etc: The picture is worth about two thousand pounds. | be worth a lot informal (=be worth a lot of money) | be worth nothing/not be worth anything:… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• worth — worth1 W2S1 [wə:θ US wə:rθ] prep [: Old English; Origin: weorth worthy, of a particular value ] 1.) be worth sth a) to have a value in money ▪ The house must be worth quite a lot of money now. ▪ One of the pictures is worth £50,000. ▪ Do you know …   Dictionary of contemporary English