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See more synonyms for premium on Thesaurus.com a prize, bonus, or award given as an inducement, as to purchase products, enter competitions initiated by business interests, etc. a bonus, gift, or sum additional to price, wages, interest, or the like. Insurance the amount paid or to be paid by the policyholder for coverage under the contract, usually in periodic installments. Economics the excess value of one form of money over another of the same nominal value. a sum above the nominal or par value of a thing. the amount paid to the lender of stock by the borrower, typically a short seller. the amount the buyer of a call or put option pays to the seller, quoted in dollars per share of stock. a fee paid for instruction in a trade or profession. a sum additional to the interest paid for the loan of money. Show More
of exceptional quality or greater value than others of its kind; superior: a wine made of premium grapes. of higher price or cost. of or relating to premiums: to work in premium sales. Show More
at a premium , at an unusually high price. in short supply; in demand: Housing in that area is at a premium. Show More
Origin of premium First recorded in 1595–1605, premium is from the Latin word praemium profit, reward
Related forms non·pre·mi·um , noun su·per·pre·mi·um , adjective, noun Dictionary.com Unabridged
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store Examples from the Web for premium Contemporary Examples of premium The lucky recipient gets to choose from a selection of gifts ranging from cocktail kits to packages of wine and premium spirits.
Christie, who places a premium on the fact that he was cool in high school, sounds conservative memes without invoking the Divine.
Some services charge a fee for premium functionality, and sometimes, this functionality includes exporting the data.
The patrons repaid the mob by buying cheap liquor at premium prices, along with bootleg cigarettes and sometimes drugs.
“No one turned up until about five days later,” an anonymous resident told the Premium Times.
Historical Examples of premium If she gits a premium for puttin' up gardin-sass, I'll warrant there'll be a to-do.
Also, a premium can be contracted for, in the way of free association, for skilled labour.
Although why should there be such a premium placed on intelligence, he wondered.
Now, good food is cheap while skilled labor is at a premium .
My dear father bought them—I should not be surprised to learn that he bought them at a premium .
British Dictionary definitions for premium an amount paid in addition to a standard rate, price, wage, etc; bonus the amount paid or payable, usually in regular instalments, for an insurance policy the amount above nominal or par value at which something sells an offer of something free or at a specially reduced price as an inducement to buy a commodity or service (as modifier ) a premium offer a prize given to the winner of a competition; award US an amount sometimes charged for a loan of money in addition to the interest great value or regard to put a premium on someone's services a fee, now rarely required, for instruction or apprenticeship in a profession or trade at a premium in great demand or of high value, usually because of scarcity above par Show More
Word Origin for premium C17: from Latin praemium prize, booty, reward
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Word Origin and History for premium n. c.1600, "reward given for a specific act," from Latin praemium "reward, profit derived from booty," from prae- "before" (see pre- ) + emere "to buy," originally "to take" (see exempt (adj.)). Insurance sense is 1660s, from Italian premio . Adjectival sense of "superior in quality" is first attested 1925, originally in reference to butter.
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Idioms and Phrases with premium see at a premium; put a premium on.
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