Definition of premium Premium

/pɹiˈmiʌm/ - [preemeeum] - pre•mi•um

We found 21 definitions of premium from 7 different sources.

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Noun

Plural: premiums

premium - 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"
  bonus, incentive anything that tends to arouse; "his approval was an added fillip"
premium - payment for insurance
  insurance premium
premium - the amount that something in scarce supply is valued above its nominal value; "they paid a premium for access to water"
premium - payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military
  bounty
  reward an act performed to strengthen approved behavior
premium - a fee charged for exchanging currencies
  agio, agiotage, exchange premium

Adjective

premium, premiumer, premiumest

premium - having or reflecting superior quality or value; "premium gasoline at a premium price"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • premium (n.)
    A sum of money paid to underwriters for insurance, or for undertaking to indemnify for losses of any kind.
  • premium (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.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • premium
    Amount to be paid for a contract of insurance or life assurance.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • premium
    prē′mi-um, n. a reward: a prize: a bounty: payment made for insurance: the difference in value above the original price or par of stock—opp. to Discount: anything offered as an incentive.—adjs. Prē′mial, Prē′miant.—v.t. Prē′miate, to reward with a premium.—At a premium, above par (see Par). [L. præmiumpræ, above, emĕre, to buy.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book

  • premium
    Simply a reward; but in commerce it implies the sum of money paid to the underwriters on ship or cargo, or parts thereof, as the price of the insurance risk.

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  • premium, noun, singular of premiums.
  • premium, adjective.

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