"two cents" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-two cents.ogg Forms: $0.02 [alternative], [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|p|head=two cents}} two cents pl (plural only)
  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) One's opinion or thoughts. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic, plural, plural-only Synonyms (opinions or thoughts): two pennies' worth [UK], tuppence worth, tuppenceworth, tuppence-worth [UK], two penn’orth, twopenn’orth, two pennorth [UK] Derived forms: two cents' worth Related terms: for my money Translations (one's opinion): mes deux cents (French), grain de sel [masculine] (French), vélemény (Hungarian), magánvélemény (Hungarian), trzy grosze [plural] (Polish), ле́пта (lépta) [feminine] (Russian), granito de arena [masculine, plural] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-two_cents-en-noun-QmeKmU6- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of 'opinions or thoughts': 86 14 Disambiguation of "one's opinion": 97 3
  2. (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. Tags: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, US, colloquial, idiomatic, plural, plural-only Synonyms (nearly worthless amount): farthing Translations (worthless amount): flad femøre [common-gender] (Danish), klink [common-gender] (Danish), fillér (Hungarian), fitying (Hungarian), fabatka (Hungarian), lyukas garas (Hungarian), دو زار (do zâr) (Persian), دو زار و ده شاهی (do zâr o dah šâhi) (Persian)
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Inflected forms

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