- worth your while
- If something is worth your while, it is a useful thing to do and deserves the time spent on it.
It would be well worth your while to attend the seminar.
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worth your while
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worth your while — worth doing : interesting or rewarding If you help me I ll make it worth your while. [=I ll make it worthwhile for you; I ll reward you for helping me] It would be worth your while to study the material again before the test. see also ↑worthwhil … Useful english dictionary
worth your while — worth (your) while of benefit to you. It would be worth your while to see if you can still get tickets to the show. You could make this trip more worth your while if you arranged to see more than one client … New idioms dictionary
Worth Your While (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Yours, Mine, and The Truth Type = studio Artist = Sterling Simms Released = Late 2008 [ [http://www.myspace.com/sterlingsimms MySpace.com You finish how u start! Philly/Atl R B / Hip Hop www.myspace.com/sterlingsimms ] ]… … Wikipedia
be worth your while — be worth (your) while if something is worth your while, you will get an advantage if you do it. It s worth your while taking out travel insurance if you are going abroad. (often + doing something) … New idioms dictionary
make (something) worth (your) while — if you tell someone that you will make it worth their while if they do something, you mean you will pay them to do something, especially something bad or illegal. If you can get us his personal files, we ll make it worth your while … New idioms dictionary
Worth the while — Worth Worth, a. [OE. worth, wur[thorn], AS. weor[eth], wurE; akin to OFries. werth, OS. wer[eth], D. waard, OHG. werd, G. wert, werth, Icel. ver[eth]r, Sw. v[ a]rd, Dan. v[ae]rd, Goth. wa[ i]rps, and perhaps to E. wary. Cf. {Stalwart}, {Ware} an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
worth while — worth (your) while of benefit to you. It would be worth your while to see if you can still get tickets to the show. You could make this trip more worth your while if you arranged to see more than one client … New idioms dictionary
worth somebody's while — ˌworth sb s ˈwhile idiom interesting or useful for sb to do • It will be worth your while to come to the meeting. • He ll do the job if you make it worth his while (= pay him well). Main entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
worth — 1 preposition 1 be worth to have a value in money: How much is the ring worth? | be worth 10/$500 etc: The picture is worth about two thousand pounds. | be worth a lot informal (=be worth a lot of money) | be worth nothing/not be worth anything:… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
worth — worth1 [ wɜrθ ] adjective Worth usually follows the verb to be and is always followed by either a noun, pronoun, or number, or by the ing form of a verb: The painting is probably worth thousands of dollars. It was a difficult trip, but it was… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
