worth one's while

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

worth one's while

1. (idiomatic) Good and important enough for one to spend time, effort, or money on.

   Doing volunteer work to help others is truly worth one's while.

Related terms

• worthwhile

Translations

important enough to spend time, effort or money on

• Danish: umagen værd
• Dutch: de moeite waard
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• Finnish: vaivan arvoinen
• French: valant la peine