worth one's while

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Adjective

worth one's while

(idiomatic) Good and important enough for one to spend time, effort, or money on.
Doing volunteer work to help others is truly worth one's while.

Related terms

worthwhile

Translations

important enough to spend time, effort or money on

Chinese:
Mandarin: 值得 (zh) (zhídé), 划算 (zh) (huásuàn), 划得來／划得来 (zh) (huádelái)
Danish: umagen værd
Dutch: de moeite waard
Finnish: vaivan arvoinen
French: valant la peine
Italian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: стоящий (ru) (stojaščij), стоить того (stoitʹ tovo)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

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