WORTH:

Financial 🔍

Monetary Value Worth refers to the amount of money that something can be sold for or is valued at in economic terms. ▶️ "The worth of this painting is $1,000."

Personal/Intrinsic Value

Self-Worth Worth can refer to a person's sense of their own value or self-esteem. ▶️ "She realized her own worth after years of self-doubt."

Moral or Ethical Value Worth can also refer to the value of something based on its moral, ethical, or spiritual significance, rather than its material or monetary value. ▶️ "The worth of honesty cannot be overstated."

Utility/Practical Value

Usefulness Worth can indicate the usefulness or importance of something based on its ability to achieve a certain goal or fulfill a function. ▶️ "This tool has great worth in the garden."

Merit or Desirability Worth can also refer to the quality of something that makes it desirable or meritorious. ▶️ "The worth of the proposal was evident in its potential for success."

Measurement of Importance

Significance Worth can be used to measure the importance or significance of an event, action, or idea. ▶️ "The worth of their efforts was clear when they achieved their goal."

Value Judgment Worth can refer to the judgment of the value or importance of someone or something, often relative to other things. ▶️ "The worth of this candidate compared to others is questionable."

Exchange Value

Comparative Value Worth can be used in the context of exchange, where something is considered to have worth relative to something else in a trade or barter situation. ▶️ "This book is worth three of those old coins."

Reputation/Standing

Social or Professional Status Worth can refer to the value or standing of a person or thing in society or a professional context. ▶️ "His worth in the company increased after his successful project."

Time/Effort Value

Effort Justification Worth can also refer to whether something justifies the time, effort, or resources invested in it. ▶️ "It wasn’t worth the effort to fix the old car."

Philosophical 🔍

Inherent Value Philosophically, worth can be discussed in terms of something's inherent value, which exists independently of any external factors or evaluations. ▶️ "The worth of a human life is intrinsic and cannot be measured in material terms."

Colloquial Uses

Informal Worth In everyday language, "worth" can be used in phrases such as "worth it," meaning something justifies the effort or cost, or "worthwhile," meaning something is worth doing or considering.

Expressions

Idiomatic Expressions Worth is used in various idioms and expressions, such as "worth one's salt" (meaning deserving respect or esteem), or "worth its weight in gold" (meaning extremely valuable).

"You're not worth your salt."

Origin: Ancient Greece/Rome. Salt was a valuable commodity, and this phrase was used as early as the 1st century AD.

"Worthless as a wooden nickel."

Origin: Wooden nickels were given as souvenirs or tokens, and this phrase became common in the 19th to early 20th century.

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