two cents

noun

Synonyms of two cents next

or two cents' worth : an opinion offered on a topic under discussion

send your two cents' worth to your senator

: a sum or object of very small value : practically nothing

said angrily that for two cents he'd punch your nose

Examples of two cents in a Sentence

a passionate environmentalist who would work for two cents if her job did something to reduce global warming

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To encourage more people to redeem bottles, Connecticut passed a bill to further expand the bottle redemption program by raising the deposit values from five cents to 10 cents and the handling fee from two cents to 3.5 cents, to modernize the bill to current levels of inflation and other trends. —

Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2025 Even Jack Osbourne, son of Ozzy Osbourne and , threw in his two cents on the subject. —

Aaron Rasmussen, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025 Listen deeply—without jumping to fix or add your own two cents. —

Dominique Fluker, Essence, 9 Jan. 2025 Fox News Digital reached out to Food Network for comment, as well as to several chefs who shared their two cents on how much salt to use – and if there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. —

Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 2 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for two cents