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US
/ˈpɹimiəm/
]
[ UK /pɹˈiːmiəm/ ]
[ UK /pɹˈiːmiəm/ ]
NOUN
- payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military
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the amount that something in scarce supply is valued above its nominal value
they paid a premium for access to water - payment for insurance
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a prize, bonus, or award given as an inducement to purchase products, enter competitions initiated by business interests, etc.
they encouraged customers with a premium for loyal patronage - a fee charged for exchanging currencies
ADJECTIVE
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having or reflecting superior quality or value
premium gasoline at a premium price
How To Use premium In A Sentence
- Every time I can scrape a few quid together, I smack 'em straight into the premium bonds.
- The premium is fixed for the entire duration of the policy.
- As an extra precaution against an ongoing down market, Narayanan suggests building in a "margin of safety": a 3 to 5 percent premium over the target hurdle rate.
- Furthermore, the very frequency of legislative change caused a higher premium to be placed on the flexibility of any computer system.
- $10 for premium membership in usafurniture. org only for DP member. not only get quality link from PR3, but you can get buyers, we have top 3 in keyword "usa furniture". just one time fee, you will be in our USA furniture directory. Digital Point Forums
- When I wrote, imprecisely, that domestic subsidies for agricultural commodities are equivalent to protective tariffs, I was groping at the notion that in both cases (1) domestic consumers/taxpayers pay a premium above the world price and (2) that foreign producers are discouraged from entering the domestic market. The Case for Free Trade, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
- The case stems from a complaint brought in Belgian court by two men and a consumers 'organization that challenged higher male life-insurance premiums. EU Adviser: Insurance Pricing Is Discriminatory
- Most premium programmers offer a variety of multiplex channels on digital tiers to rotate their movie libraries, at no extra cost to the operator.
- Orange is guessing that news will be a tempting way of getting users to pay premium prices for data downloads.
- Free time is at a premium for working parents.
