worth

adjective
/ˈwɜːθ/

Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.

Example

“How much / What is your house worth? - Now it's worth half what I paid for it. So it'd sure would be worthwhile to repair before putting it for sale.”

Other meanings

Making a fair equivalent of, repaying or compensating.
“This job is hardly worth the effort.”
Valuable, worthwhile.

Example sentences

“I'm not sure it's worth looking into.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“More difficult than expected, but worth it.”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“This post is worth a bump!”
Tatoeba · helloroto · CC0

Word history

From Old English "weorþ".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “worth” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.