twenty-five cents

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Twenty-five cents is a quarter of a dollar, the value of a U.S. quarter coin.

The phrase appears in contexts where the numeric form would seem too clinical: The candy bar cost twenty-five cents.

Someone's two cents is their opinion; twenty-five cents occasionally extends this idiom for emphasis.

Related
  • priceMonetary value assigned
  • costRequired payment amount
  • dimeU.S. ten-cent coin
  • nickelElement twenty-eight, or coin
  • quarterOne of four parts

two bits · penny · small change · spare change · pocket change · vending machine · candy machine · gumball · arcade token · change · coinage · denomination · half-dollar · toll · piggy bank · tip · dollar bill · coin purse

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Opposites
monetary value scale

twenty-five centsbig bucks

Large sums of money

megabucks · serious money · top dollar · big money

worth/significance

twenty-five centspriceless

Too valuable to quantify

invaluable · worth its weight in gold · costly · expensive · precious

Family

twenty, five, cent, cents, twenties, twentieth, fives, fifths, centennial

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