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The correct spelling is worth.

How to pronounce worth

/wɜːθ/
noun

IPA: /wɜːθ/

Say it like: Wor-th

The correct spelling is worth. Value. For example: "I’ll have a dollar's worth of candy, please."

Usage Examples

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

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

A painting worth thousands.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Value.
  2. 2.Merit, excellence.
  3. 3.Wealth, fortune, riches, property, possessions.

adjective

  1. 1.Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.
  2. 2.Deserving of.
  3. 3.(except in Scots) Valuable, worth while.
  4. 4.Making a fair equivalent of, repaying or compensating.

verb

  1. 1.(except in set phrases) To be, become, betide.

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