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two cents

noun

(used with a plural verb)
  1. something of insignificant value; a paltry amount:

    We wouldn't give two cents for their chances of success.



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Origin of two cents1

First recorded in 1840–50
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. two cents worth, an opinion, usually unsolicited and unwelcome:

    Who asked you to add your two cents worth?

More idioms and phrases containing two cents

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Example Sentences

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Most of the people offering their two cents are women in their 20s or 30s, which is about right.

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Days after the inauguration, Wayans appeared on Cincinnati radio station 101.1 The Wiz, where he called for unity during the new administration and shared his two cents about the rappers who performed at the Trump celebrations.

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It’s just my two cents, but it sure looks to me like Alvarez, in that situation, decided unilaterally that consent existed.

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The friction between the musicians began after Banks shared her two cents on the appearance of “Brat” pop diva Charli XCX, who is engaged to Healy’s 1975 bandmate George Daniel.

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“I created the downtown store, set it in motion, but I just haven’t been able to be there to supervise and add my two cents, so it feels less under my control. To me that now belongs more to the people and the staff there. It has a life of its own, and that’s a unique honor. It’s amazing.”

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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