two cents

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two cents

noun $0.02 · 2¢

  1. colloquial, idiomatic, plural, plural only One's opinion or thoughts. That's just my two cents, you can believe what you like.

    Similar: two Abe Lincolns, two pennies' worth, tuppence worth, two penn'orth

  2. Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, US, colloquial A nearly worthless amount, alluding to placing a copper penny on each of the eyelids of a pauper's or slave's body before burial. That car won't last a week, it's not worth two cents.

    Similar: farthing

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noun one's opinion

Españolgranito de arena
Françaismes deux cents, grain de sel
Italianoa mio modesto parere
Русскийле́пта lépta

noun worthless amount

Italianoquattro soldi, una lira, una sega, un cazzo

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@misc{two_cents_2026,
  title = {two cents},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/two%20cents},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}