"worth one's while" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-worth one's while.ogg [Australia]
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  1. (idiomatic) Good and important enough for one to spend time, effort, or money on. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: worthwhile Translations (important enough to spend time, effort or money on): 值得 (zhídé) (Chinese Mandarin), 划算 (huásuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 划得來 (huádelái) (Chinese Mandarin), umagen værd (Danish), de moeite waard (Dutch), vaivan arvoinen (Finnish), valant la peine (French), сто́ящий (stójaščij) (Russian), сто́ить того́ (stóitʹ tovó) (Russian)

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