premium
n.
supplementary charge, additional charge; amount paid for insurance; prize, reward; tuition
Premium
premium
Noun
1. payment for insurance
(synonym) insurance premium
(hypernym) payment
2. a fee charged for exchanging currencies
(synonym) agio, agiotage, exchange premium
(hypernym) charge
3. payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military
(synonym) bounty
(hypernym) reward
(classification) government, governing, governance, government activity
Adjective
1. having or reflecting superior quality or value; "premium gasoline at a premium price"
(similar) superior
premium (m)
n.
premium, prize, reward; additional charge
Premium
(n.)
Something offered or given for the loan of money; bonus; -- sometimes synonymous with interest, but generally signifying a sum in addition to the capital.
(n.)
A sum of money paid to underwriters for insurance, or for undertaking to indemnify for losses of any kind.
(n.)
A sum in advance of, or in addition to, the nominal or par value of anything; as, gold was at a premium; he sold his stock at a premium.
(n.)
A reward or recompense; a prize to be won by being before another, or others, in a competition; reward or prize to be adjudged; a bounty; as, a premium for good behavior or scholarship, for discoveries, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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