NET WORTH | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of net worth in English

(Definition of net worth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of net worth from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of net worth

net worth
Clearly, the younger you are, the lower your net worth will be.
That would be 70 times the average net worth of the rest of the population.
But despite his impressive net worth, many people have never heard of him.
But beyond these essentials, the secret is to be generous, whatever your net worth.
At the moment, the law considers anyone with $1 million net worth an accredited investor.
Are you able to "ballpark" where our net worth puts us on the wealth scale?
Running out of sympathy for 35 yr old, so-called victims with 7 digit net worth.
Your net worth is $2 million or more on the date of your expatriation.
From CNBC
A multi-millionaire who won't divulge his net worth, he has given a total of $21.5 million since 2008.
Only the highest income earners are adding to their net worth.
To show how much the ratings can fluctuate, he ranked 843rd in 2008 with a net worth estimate of $1.4 billion.
From ESPN
One rule of thumb is to get liability coverage at least equal to your net worth, with a minimum of $1 million.
Each person has a colorful profile page that includes a biography, summary of net worth, and a slideshow of possessions.
From CNN
The tour is only open to buyers who can show proof of funds and net worth sufficient to purchase a luxury home.
During that same stretch, the share of white families with zero net worth remained steady at 15 percent.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
 
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Translations of net worth

in Chinese (Traditional)
(資產)淨值…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(资产)净值…
in Spanish
patrimonio neto…
in Portuguese
património líquido…
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