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English Dictionary: premium	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for premium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
premium adj having or reflecting superior quality or value; "premium gasoline at a premium price" n payment for insurance Synonym(s): premium, insurance premium the amount that something in scarce supply is valued above its nominal value; "they paid a premium for access to water" a fee charged for exchanging currencies Synonym(s): agio, agiotage, premium, exchange 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" payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military Synonym(s): bounty, premium
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Premium \Pre"mium\, n.; pl. {Premiums}. [L. praemium, originally, what one has got before or better than others; prae before + emere to take, buy. See {Redeem}.] 1. 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. To think it not the necessity, but the premium and privilege of life, to eat and sleep without any regard to glory. --Burke. The law that obliges parishes to support the poor offers a premium for the encouragement of idleness. --Franklin. 2. Something offered or given for the loan of money; bonus; -- sometimes synonymous with interest, but generally signifying a sum in addition to the capital. People were tempted to lend, by great premiums and large interest. --Swift. 3. A sum of money paid to underwriters for insurance, or for undertaking to indemnify for losses of any kind. 4. 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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Premium, KY Zip code(s): 41845