- Worth (value)
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Worth (value)
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worth — n Worth, value are close synonyms in more than one of their senses, often differentiated by demands of idiom rather than differences of meaning or connotation. Both worth and value denote the equivalent in money or sometimes in goods or services… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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
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
value — val|ue1 W1S3 [ˈvælju:] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(money)¦ 2¦(worth the money paid)¦ 3¦(importance/usefulness)¦ 4 of value 5¦(interesting quality)¦ 6¦(ideas)¦ 7¦(amount)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Vulgar Latin … Dictionary of contemporary English
value — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. usefulness, worth; price, cost, rate, rating; estimation, valuation, merit; import; significance; shade, tone, emphasis. v. t. esteem, prize, treasure, regard highly; appraise, evaluate, assess, rate … English dictionary for students
worth — The quality or value of a thing which gives it value. Although worth in some connections may mean more than pecuniary value, in law it means that sum of valuable qualities which renders a thing valuable and useful expressed in the current medium… … Black's law dictionary
value — {{11}}value (n.) c.1300, from O.Fr. value worth, value (13c.), noun use of fem. pp. of valoir be worth, from L. valere be strong, be well, be of value (see VALIANT (Cf. valiant)). The meaning social principle is attested from 1918, supposedly… … Etymology dictionary
worth — [OE] Worth is a general Germanic adjective, with relatives in German wert, Dutch waard, Swedish värd, and Danish værd (worth ‘value’ [OE] is a noun use of the adjective). Its ultimate ancestry is uncertain, although it has been speculated that it … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
worth — [OE] Worth is a general Germanic adjective, with relatives in German wert, Dutch waard, Swedish värd, and Danish værd (worth ‘value’ [OE] is a noun use of the adjective). Its ultimate ancestry is uncertain, although it has been speculated that it … Word origins
value stock — stocks with low price/book ratios or price/earnings ratios. Historically, value stocks have enjoyed higher average returns than growth stocks (stocks with high price/book or P/E ratios) in a variety of countries. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary *… … Financial and business terms
value — val·ue 1 / val yü/ n 1 a: a fair return or equivalent in goods, services, or money for something exchanged received good value for the price b: valuable consideration at consideration … Law dictionary
