fifty cents

Half a buck

Fifty cents is half of a dollar, the amount represented by two quarters or five dimes.

The term often appears in contexts emphasizing small value or exact change: The candy bar costs fifty cents.

Informally, my fifty cents or my two cents means offering an opinion, though two cents is far more common.

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small change · exact change · dime · nickel · pocket · jukebox · vending · rapper · Curtis · Jackson · candy · candy bar · laundromat · meter · parking · tip · silver · two-bit

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Opposites
monetary value scale

fifty centsbig money

Substantial financial sums

megabucks · serious money · wealth · riches · nothing

completeness/wholeness

fifty centsone dollar

Smallest U.S. paper currency

two bits

cultural connotation of worth

fifty centsreal money

big bucks · worthless · nothing · zilch · peanuts

Family

fifty, cents, five, fifth, fiftieth, fifties, cent, centennial, century

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Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G