worth one's while en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) Beneficial and important enough on which to spend time, effort, or money.
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;.
1992, Robert Gibbons, A Primer in Game Theory, Prentice-Hall, page 110:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more worth one's while | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most worth one's while | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
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Translations (11)
pt valer a pena (important enough to spend time, effort or money on) · ru сто́ить того́ (important enough to spend time, effort or money on) · ru сто́ящий (important enough to spend time, effort or money on) · da umagen værd (important enough to spend time, effort or money on) · nl de moeite waard (important enough to spend time, effort or money on) · cmn 划算 (important enough to spend time, effort or money on) · cmn 划得來 (important enough to spend time, effort or money on) · fr valoir la peine (important enough to spend time, effort or money on) · fi vaivan arvoinen (important enough to spend time, effort or money on) · pl opłacalny (important enough to spend time, effort or money on) · cmn 值得 (important enough to spend time, effort or money on)