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you pays your nickel and you takes your choice

you pays your nickel and you takes your choice is the alternative form of you pays your money and you takes your choice.

Meaning of you pays your money and you takes your choice

Proverb

you pays your money and you takes your choice

  1. Everyone can make their own individual decisions.
    • You can get there by bus, or train, or taxi. Whatever. You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Questions about you pays your nickel and you takes your choice

What is you pays your nickel and you takes your choice the alternative form of?
You pays your nickel and you takes your choice is the alternative form of you pays your money and you takes your choice.

Words near you pays your nickel and you takes your choice in the dictionary

  1. you only go around once in life
  2. you only live once
  3. you pays your money and you takes your chances
  4. you pays your money and you takes your choice
  5. you pays your nickel and you takes your chances
  6. you pays your nickel and you takes your choice
  7. you people
  8. you problem
  9. you problems
  10. you rang
  11. you said a mouthful

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Adapted from Wiktionary: you pays your nickel and you takes your choice (page history and authors); you pays your money and you takes your choice (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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