fifty-cent tour

== English == === Alternative forms === 50 cent tour, 50-cent tour, fifty cent tour === Etymology === An adaptation of earlier nickel tour accounting for inflation. === Noun === fifty-cent tour (plural fifty-cent tours) (US, idiomatic, derogatory, usually humorous) A fast and general introduction to a place. Synonyms: ten-cent tour, nickel tour ==== Usage notes ==== No money at all needs to exchange hands, the low value and brief time involved being the focus of the idiom. Although it can be genuinely pejorative, it is more often used with self-deprecating humor.