worth

noun

ˈwərth How to pronounce worth (audio)
Definition of worthnext
1
as in value
the relative usefulness or importance of something as judged by specific qualities money alone cannot determine the true worth of some things

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2
as in cost
the amount of money for which something will find a buyer one surefire way to determine the actual worth of a painting is to sell it at auction

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as in wealth
the total of one's money and property the entrepreneur's worth is well over 100 million dollars

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Recent Examples of worth Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index valued Musk’s net worth at approximately $921 billion at Monday’s close. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026 About 450,000 Fletcher’s Corny Dogs were sold, and about 10,000 watermelons (an acre’s worth) were used for Chamoy Treats’ Candy Watermelon. — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026 But Huang, the world’s ninth-richest person with an eye-watering $180 billion net worth, isn’t afraid to pay up. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026 That’s about a quarter of the school’s annual athletics budget, according to data in Sportico’s college finance database, and roughly two years’ worth of football ticket sales. — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 19 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for worth
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worth
  1. value
  2. cost
  3. wealth
  4. price
  5. assets
  6. money
  7. fortune
  8. capital
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  • The federal government was preparing to change its rules on low-value imports, threatening her ability to purchase cheaper prescription medications for blood thinning and heart failure from Canada.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
  • That’s 35% of the value of the S&P 500 and the highest concentration in a handful of stocks since just before the crash of 1929.
    — Ming Lu, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
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  • But then shipping disruptions, rising fuel costs, and steep international tariffs made exporting increasingly difficult, prompting Yu to turn her attention to building a domestic market.
    — Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Future success will require Space42 to turn its technological capabilities, capital commitments and international partnerships into commercially viable services that can compete across markets at scale and at a sustainable cost.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
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  • One was Larry Page, the 53-year-old Google cofounder who had ties to California for decades and began severing them after the wealth tax proposal.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The incredible genius of the US is its ability to hoover up investments from everyone — from sovereign wealth funds, to private individuals, to retail, down to the youngest investor.
    — Shelly Banjo, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
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  • One flight last week leaving from al-Qassim airport north of Riyadh to Geneva, sold for €94,000 ($105,000), compared with a price of about €60,000 ($67,000) before the closure of the main airport in Riyadh.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • His critics see a president who failed to tame inflation and keep America out of overseas conflicts, and whose agenda has fueled higher prices as the war with Iran appears to be at a stalemate.
    — JOSH BOAK, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of price
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  • The kingdom, and its neighbors like the UAE and Qatar, have pitched themselves as not just sources of capital, but as a safe home for trillions in financial assets, data centers, and new industries.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Skydance, a small production company founded by David Ellison in 2006, has turned into a media giant that unites not only two legacy Hollywood studios but also broadcasting, streaming, and news network assets.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of assets
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  • In 2024, the CFPB proposed a rule that would require the disclosure of tips and fees as finance charges as an APR, or the total yearly cost of borrowing money.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The question confronting Israel and its international partners is not simply whether money should flow into Gaza, but also who controls it—and whether the next arrangement will avoid the failures of the last.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of money
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  • Although Texas hasn't elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1988, Democrats are hopeful their fortunes will change this year.
    — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Trump and Netanyahu might each conclude that a show of force could rescue their political fortunes.
    — Ali Vaez, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of fortune
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  • While the company is a private-sector operator, it is backed by the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala and International Holding Company, which is affiliated with state capital.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Finnish President Alexander Stubb also met with the Ukrainian president in Norway's capital.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
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“Worth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worth. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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