Money & finance

get your money's worth

receive good value

To receive enough value or enjoyment for the money you paid.

B2 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Are you going back for another plate?

Of course - I want to get my money's worth.

Play the conversation

We stayed until the end of the concert to get our money's worth.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I want to get the worth of my money.

Say: I want to get my money's worth.

The natural fixed phrase is "get someone's money's worth," not "get the worth of someone's money."

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

get your money's worth; get my money's worth; get our money's worth

Your turn: say it out loud

We stayed until the end of the concert to get our money's worth.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

get your money's worth

receive good value

“We stayed until the end of the concert to get our money's worth.”

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