worth one's while

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worth one's while

adjective more worth one's while · most worth one's while

  1. 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.

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adj important enough to spend time, effort or money on

中文值得 zhídé, 划算 huásuàn, 划得來 huádelái
Portuguêsvaler a pena
Françaisvaloir la peine
Русскийсто́ящий stójaščij, сто́ить того́ stóitʹ tovó

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@misc{worth_one_s_while_2026,
  title = {worth one's while},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/worth%20one's%20while},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}