Meaning

• Value.

  "I’ll have a dollar's worth of candy, please."

• Merit, excellence.

  "Our new director is a man whose worth is well acknowledged."

• Wealth, fortune, riches, property, possessions.

Meaning

• Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.

  "A painting worth thousands."

• Deserving of.

  "His friendship is not worth having."

• (except in Scots) Valuable, worth while.

• Making a fair equivalent of, repaying or compensating.

  "This job is hardly worth the effort."