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Meaning of worth one's while | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Beneficial and important enough on which to spend time, effort, or money.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Français valoir la peine
Nederlands de moeite waard
Polski opłacalny
Português valer a pena
Русский сто́ить того́ стоящий

Examples

“Doing volunteer work to help others is truly worth one's while.”
“Even if (2.3.5) holds, so that the worker's strategy is a best response to the firm's strategy, it must also be worth the firm's while to pay w#42;.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

worth seeing worth the whistle worth while worthful worthie worthier

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