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
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
Oscar Wilde
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
Benjamin Franklin
When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
Confucius
The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.
Mark Twain
Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.
Benjamin Franklin
A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.
Yogi Berra
One today is worth two tomorrows.
Benjamin Franklin
If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing.
Benjamin Franklin
Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.
Socrates
There's not a note of mine that's worth the noting.
William Shakespeare
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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