BE WORTH ONE'S SALT

Meaning of BE WORTH ONE'S SALT in English

be worth one's salary or wages (from the Roman custom of paying soldiers with salt)

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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SALT — I Chemical compound formed when the hydrogen of an acid is replaced by a metal or its equivalent, such as …
Английский словарь Британика
WORTH — I. ˈwərth, ˈwə̄th, ˈwəith intransitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English worthen, from Old English weorthan, wurthan; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SALT — I. ˈsȯlt, chiefly Brit ˈsält noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sealt; akin to Old Frisian, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WORTH — worth 1 /werrth/ , prep. 1. good or important enough to justify (what is specified): advice worth taking; a place …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SALT — salt 1 — saltlike , adj. /sawlt/ , n. 1. a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WORTH — I. ˈwərth intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English weorthan; akin to Old High German werdan to become, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SALT — I. ˈsȯlt noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sealt; akin to Old High German salz salt, Lithuanian saldus sweet, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WORTH — adj valuable; of worthy; estimable; also, worth while. 2. worth ·adj deserving of; in a good or bad sense, …
Webster English vocab
SALT — noun marshes flooded by the tide. 2. salt ·noun fig.: bitter; sharp; pungent. 3. salt ·noun fig.: salacious; lecherous; lustful. …
Webster English vocab
WORTH — [worth] vi [ME, fr. OE weorthan; akin to OHG werdan to become, L vertere to turn, Lith versti to overturn, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SALT — [salt] n [ME, fr. OE sealt; akin to OHG salz salt, Lith saldus sweet, L sal salt, Gk hals salt, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SALT — in chemistry, substance produced by the reaction of an acid with a base. A salt consists of the positive ion …
Britannica English vocabulary
SALT — salt, Salt, SALT BrE AmE sɔːlt sɒlt sɑːlt — Preference poll, British English: sɔːlt 43%, sɒlt 57%. ▷ salted ˈsɔːlt …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WORTH — / wɜːθ; NAmE wɜːrθ/ adjective , noun ■ adjective [ not before noun ] (used like a preposition, followed by …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SALT — / sɔːlt; NAmE ; BrE also sɒlt/ noun , verb , adjective ■ noun 1. [ U ] a white …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WORTH — I. worth 1 S1 W2 /wɜːθ $ wɜːrθ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: weorth 'worthy, of …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SALT — I. salt 1 S2 W3 /sɔːlt $ sɒːlt/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: sealt ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WORTH — adj. & n. --predic.adj. (governing a noun like a preposition) 1 of a value equivalent to (is worth ø50; is …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SALT — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 (also common salt) sodium chloride; the substance that gives sea water its characteristic taste, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WORTH — adj. & n. predic.adj. (governing a noun like a preposition) 1 of a value equivalent to (is worth $50; is …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SALT — n., adj., & v. n. 1 (also common salt) sodium chloride; the substance that gives sea water its characteristic taste, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WORTH — adj. & n. --predic.adj. (governing a noun like a preposition) 1. of a value equivalent to (is worth {pound}50; is …
Oxford English vocab
SALT — n., adj., & v. --n. 1. (also common salt) sodium chloride; the substance that gives sea water its characteristic taste, …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
WORTH — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If something is worth a particular …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SALT — ( salts, salting, salted) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Salt is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WORTH — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If something is ~ a particular …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WORTH — I. preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be (well) worth the effort (= used to say that something is worth doing …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SALT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a high sugar/salt/fibre etc content ▪ Red meat tends to have a high fat …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WORTH — [adjective] [after verb; not gradable]Worth means important or useful.Events like this will not be worth a mention (= are not …
Cambridge English vocab
SALT — [adjective] [before noun; not gradable]Salt water is sea water.salt water lakes/lagoonssalt water fish/plantsThe estuary - a partially enclosed bay where …
Cambridge English vocab
SALT — Synonyms and related words : AB, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Attic, Atticism, Dylan, Flying Dutchman, Neptune, OD, Poseidon, Tabasco, Varuna, Worcestershire …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WORTH — See: BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH, FOR ALL ONE IS WORTH, GAME IS NOT WORTH …
Slang English vocab
WORTH — • ↑ be worth • ↑ be worth a fortune • ↑ be worth a lot • ↑ it's worth …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WORTH — See: BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH, FOR ALL ONE IS WORTH, GAME IS NOT WORTH …
Словарь английских идиом
SALT — Indispensable as salt is to ourselves, it was even more so to the Hebrews, being to them not only an …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
WORTH — I noun BAD : The ring has great sentimental worth. GOOD : The ring has great sentimental value. BAD : …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
WORTH — I 1. сущ. 1) цена, стоимость, ценность intrinsic worth ≈ внутренняя ценность comparable worth net worth Syn : merit 2) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SALT — 1. сущ. 1) а) соль; пищевая, поваренная соль to pour salt ≈ сыпать соль garlic salt ≈ соль с чесноком …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BE — гл. 1) иметь место как факт, существовать, случаться а) существовать как факт в объективной реальности быть; быть живым, жить Tyrants …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WORTH — worth.ogg _I 1. wɜ:θ n 1. ценность, значение; достоинство discoveries of great worth - открытия, имеющие важное значение poems of …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BE — be.ogg bi: (полная форма); bı (редуцированная форма) v ( ед. ч. was, мн. ч. were; been; наст. вр. 1-е л. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WORTH — 1) ценность 2) цена, стоимость 3) реактивная способность • - control-rod worth - fuel worth - negative reactivity worth - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SALT — 1) соль 2) солить, засаливать • to salt down — засаливать, консервировать посолом; to salt out — высаливаться; to salt …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
WORTH — 1) ценность 2) цена, стоимость 3) реактивная способность • - control-rod worth - fuel worth - negative reactivity worth - poison worth - product worth - reactivity worth - sodium-void …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
SALT — 1) соль 2) солить, засаливать • to salt down — засаливать, консервировать посолом; to salt out — высаливаться; to salt up — кристаллизоваться (о соли) - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
SALT — 1) засаливать 2) иссолить 3) морской 4) посолить 5) солевой 6) соленый 7) солить 8) соль 9) соляной 10) усолить • salt evaporating pan — выпарной чрен для соли - acid salt - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SALT — salt сущ.1) а) соль; пищевая, поваренная соль to pour salt — сыпать соль garlic salt — соль с чесноком (сухая …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ONE — one числ. колич.1) один (число 1) one book — одна книга one million — один миллион one half — половина …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

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