two cents

== English == === Alternative forms === $0.02 (informal), 2¢ (rare) === Pronunciation === === Noun === two cents pl (plural only) (idiomatic, colloquial) One's opinion or thoughts. Synonyms: (US) two Abe Lincolns, (UK) two pennies' worth, (UK) tuppence worth, (UK) two penn'orth (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, idiomatic, 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. Synonym: (UK) farthing ==== Usage notes ==== Two cents and two cents' worth have displaced native two pennies' worth in England even though the cent is not a unit of currency there. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === Further reading === my two cents on Wikipedia.Wikipedia