The Collaborative International Dictionary
Present worth
Present value \Pres"ent value\ or Present worth \Pres"ent worth\ (of money payable at a future date). The principal which, drawing interest at a given rate, will amount to the given sum at the date on which this is to be paid; thus, interest being at 6%, the present value of $106 due one year hence is $100.
Usage examples of "present worth".
An investment is made or not made depending upon the estimated discounted present worth of expected future profits.
Kira lit into him with a furious catalogue of his ancestors, his present worth, his future career potential, and his probable imminent demise if he repeated his awkwardness.