Meanings
adjectiveworth one's while (comparative more worth one's while, superlative most worth one's while)
comparative more worth one's while · superlative most worth one's while
- idiomaticBeneficial and important enough on which to spend time, effort, or money.
Doing volunteer work to help others is truly worth one's while.
1 more example
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
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 值得, 划算
- 值得 (zhídé)important enough to spend time, effort or money on
- 划算 (huásuàn)important enough to spend time, effort or money on
- 划得來 (huádelái)important enough to spend time, effort or money on
Danish umagen værd
- umagen værdimportant enough to spend time, effort or money on
Dutch de moeite waard
- de moeite waardimportant enough to spend time, effort or money on
Finnish vaivan arvoinen
- vaivan arvoinenimportant enough to spend time, effort or money on
French valoir la peine
- valoir la peineimportant enough to spend time, effort or money on
Polish opłacalny
- opłacalnyimportant enough to spend time, effort or money on
Portuguese valer a pena
- valer a penaimportant enough to spend time, effort or money on
Russian сто́ящий, сто́ить того́
- сто́ящий (stójaščij)important enough to spend time, effort or money on
- сто́ить того́ (stóitʹ tovó)important enough to spend time, effort or money on
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APA
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Chicago
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