According to Longman Dictionay worth 1 preposition usage note: use worth followed by an amount to say how much money people would pay for something e.g. a necklace worth $10,000 be worth something a) to have a value in money The house must be worth quite a lot of money now.One of the pictures is worth £50,000.Do you know how much the ring is worth ?This art collection is worth a fortune (=worth a very large amount of money) . be worth nothing/not be worth anything It's a very old machine so I shouldn't think it's worth anything. b) to have money or possessions that have value I've heard that he's worth over $2 million. The man who founded the company must be worth a fortune . |