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Value more highly than usual, as in Her employer put a premium on honesty and hard work. First recorded in 1907, this term is almost always used figuratively.
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putamen, put-and-take, put an end to, putangitangi, put an idea in one's head, put a premium on, put aside, put a spin on, put at ease, putative, putative marriage
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