money's worthn.
/ˈmʌnɪz wəːθ/, U.S. /ˈməniz ˌwərθ/ 1. Something that is worth money or is recognized as equivalent to money. Frequently in money or money's-worth. Cf. money-worth n. 1.
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society > trade and finance > money > value of money > [noun]
wortheOE
money-worth?c1430
valuation?c1520
money's worth1578
purchasing power1824
purchasing value1861
1578 in F. G. Emmison Essex Wills (1994) (modernized text) IX. 72 To Anne my wife £20 in money or moneys worth.
1597 in T. Stretton Marital Litigation Court of Requests (2008) 184 He..had in marriage with her the somme of five hundred pounds ready money & moneys worthe, over & besides the some of forty pounds in lands by the yeare.
a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 160 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) Laden with gold, silver, money, and monies worth.
1674 W. Allen Danger of Enthusiasm 90 To take mony, or moneys-worth, whereby to live.
1760 S. Foote Minor ii. 50 Tho' money is not to be had, money's worth may, and that's the same thing.
1864 A. Trollope Can you forgive Her? II. i. 3 ‘Has he got any money?’ ‘Yes, lots of money—or money's worth.’
1874 Stephen's New Comm. Laws Eng. II. 174 An obligation to pay money or money's worth on the breach of any covenant.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 123/1 A science by means of which all mercantile and financial transactions, whether in money or in money's worth,..may be recorded.
1994 W. A. Bogart Courts & Country v. 138 The Ontario legislation..provided that a court..could award an interest in property (other than family assets) owned by the other spouse in circumstances where there had been a contribution of work, money, or money's worth.
2. An equivalent for the sum of money paid or to be paid; (full) value for one's money. Now chiefly with possessive adjective, esp. in to get one's money's worth.
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > [noun] > full value
money's worth1598
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 136 In suretie of the which, One part of Aquitaine is bound to vs, Although not valued to the monies worth . View more context for this quotation
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. ii. ii. 347 The wealth or revenue..is equal only to one of the two values..to the money's-worth more properly than to the money. View more context for this quotation
1844 R. W. Emerson Ess. 2nd Ser. vii. 235 Of all debts, men are least willing to pay the taxes... Everywhere they think they get their money's worth, except for these.
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 136 I give my pupils their money's-worth.
1941 C. Hermer & M. May Havana Mañana p. xii There have been no books about Havana that show tourists how to get more than their money's worth out of shopping, eating, sightseeing and nightclubbing.
1992 Country Woman (Collector's ed.) 22 61/2 We've taken several of your tours, and on every one of them, we got our money's worth and then some.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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