worth

worth / wɜrθ /

preposition
good or important enough to justify (what is specified):
advice worth taking; a place worth visiting.
having a value of, or equal in value to, as in money:
This vase is worth 12 dollars.

noun
excellence of character or quality as commanding esteem:
women of worth.
usefulness or importance, as to the world, to a person, or for a purpose:
Your worth to the world is inestimable.
value, as in money.
a quantity of something of a specified value:
ten cents’ worth of candy.

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