premium

English

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Alternative forms

• præmium (archaic)

Adjective

premium (not comparable)

1. Superior in quality; higher in price or value.

Noun

premium (plural premiums or premia)

1. A prize or award.
2. Something offered at a reduced price as an inducement to buy something else.
3. A bonus paid in addition to normal payments.
4. The amount to be paid for an insurance policy.
5. An unusually high value.
6. (finance) The amount by which a security's value exceeds its face value.

Translations

a prize or award

• Kyrgyz: сыйлык (ky) (syjlyk) 
• Portuguese: prêmio (pt) m

• Russian: приз (ru) (priz) m , вознаграждение (ru) (voznagraždénije) n , награда (ru) (nagráda) f , бонус (ru) (bónus) m 

something offered at a reduced price as an inducement to buy something else

a bonus paid in addition to normal payments

• Hungarian: prémium (hu)

• Russian: надбавка (ru) (nadbávka) f , премия (ru) (prémija) f 

the amount to be paid for an insurance policy

• Russian: страховой взнос (ru) (straxovój vznos) m 

Usage notes

• Premia is much less common than premiums, accounting for less than 1% of total usage in US (COCA) and 4% in UK (BNC).

Antonyms

• (finance): discount

Derived terms

Terms derived from the adjective or noun "premium"

at a premium buyer's premium

premium bond premium outlet