two cents

noun

1

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

send your two cents' worth to your senator

2

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

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

Synonyms

• chicken feed [slang]
• chump change
• dime
• hay
• mite
• peanuts
• pin money
• pittance
• shoestring
• song

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Hundreds of Mumsnet users gave their two cents about the situation. —Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025

Maybe that’s just my two cents, but that should be considered. —Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025

Thank god for Elsa, coming back into the future as a spirit and saying that, and giving her two cents. —Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025

The good news for drivers is that gas prices are relatively low now, an average of $3.11 a gallon nationwide according to AAA, up only one cent from the last several days and down about two cents since Trump took office. —Chris Isidore, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1939, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for two cents

• ascents
• assents
• augments
• cements
• consents
• descents
• dissents
• events
• extents
• ferments
• indents
• intents