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pre·mi·um / ˈprēmēəm/ • n. (pl. -ums ) 1. an amount to be paid for an insurance policy. 2. a sum added to an ordinary price or charge: customers are reluctant to pay a premium for organic fruit. ∎ a sum added to interest or wages; a bonus. ∎ [as adj.] relating to or denoting a commodity or product of superior quality and therefore a higher price: premium beers. ∎ Stock Market the amount by which the price of a share or other security exceeds its issue price, its nominal value, or the value of the assets it represents: the fund has traded at a premium of 12%. 3. something given as a reward, prize, or incentive: the Society of Arts awarded him a premium. PHRASES: at a premium 1. scarce and in demand: space was at a premium. 2. above the usual or nominal price: books with pristine dustjackets are less common and sell at a premium. put (or place) a premium on regard or treat as particularly valuable or important: he put a premium on peace and stability. |
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"premium." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "premium." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-premium.html "premium." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-premium.html |
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PREMIUMA reward for an act done. A bounty or bonus; a consideration given to invite a loan or a bargain, as the consideration paid to the assignor by the assignee of a lease, or to the transferer by the transferee of shares of stock, etc. In granting a lease, part of the rent is sometimes capitalized and paid in a lump sum at the time the lease is granted. This is called a premium. The sum paid or agreed to be paid by an insured to the underwriter (insurer) as the consideration for the insurance. The price for insurance protection for a specified period of exposure. |
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"Premium." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Premium." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437703459.html "Premium." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437703459.html |
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premium reward, prize; sum to be paid in an insurance policy, etc. XVII; fee for instruction in a trade, etc. XVIII. — L. præmium booty, reward, f. præ- PRE- + emere buy, orig. take.
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T. F. HOAD. "premium." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "premium." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-premium.html T. F. HOAD. "premium." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-premium.html |
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premium •columbium
•erbium, terbium, ytterbium
•scandium • compendium
•palladium, radium, stadium, vanadium
•medium, tedium
•cryptosporidium, cymbidium, idiom, iridium, rubidium
•indium
•exordium, Gordium, rutherfordium
•odeum, odium, plasmodium, podium, sodium
•allium, gallium, pallium, thallium, valium
•berkelium, epithelium, helium, nobelium, Sealyham
•beryllium, cilium, psyllium, trillium
•linoleum, petroleum
•thulium • cadmium
•epithalamium, prothalamium
•gelsemium, premium
•chromium, encomium
•holmium • fermium
•biennium, millennium
•cranium, geranium, germanium, Herculaneum, titanium, uranium
•helenium, proscenium, rhenium, ruthenium, selenium
•actinium, aluminium, condominium, delphinium
•ammonium, euphonium, harmonium, pandemonium, pelargonium, plutonium, polonium, zirconium
•neptunium
•europium, opium
•aquarium, armamentarium, barium, caldarium, cinerarium, columbarium, dolphinarium, frigidarium, herbarium, honorarium, planetarium, rosarium, sanitarium, solarium, sudarium, tepidarium, terrarium, vivarium
•atrium
•delirium, Miriam
•equilibrium, Librium
•yttrium
•auditorium, ciborium, conservatorium, crematorium, emporium, moratorium, sanatorium, scriptorium, sudatorium, vomitorium
•opprobrium
•cerium, imperium, magisterium
•curium, tellurium
•potassium • axiom • calcium
•francium • lawrencium • americium
•Latium, solatium
•lutetium, technetium
•Byzantium • strontium • consortium
•protium • promethium • lithium
•alluvium, effluvium
•requiem • colloquium • gymnasium
•caesium (US cesium), magnesium, trapezium
•Elysium • symposium
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"premium." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "premium." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-premium.html "premium." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-premium.html |
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