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premium — pre·mi·um / prē mē əm/ n 1: the difference between the face value or par value of a security and its market price when the latter is greater compare discount 2: the price paid for an insurance contract equal to the cost per unit times the number… … Law dictionary
premium — [ premjɔm ] n. m. • XXe; mot lat. « butin » ♦ Fin. Prime versée pour une opération sur un marché à terme. ⇒ option. On écrirait mieux prémium. ● premium nom masculin (latin praemium, butin) Somme payée au vendeur d une option d achat (ou de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
premium — premium, prize, award, reward, meed, guerdon, bounty, bonus are comparable when they mean something which is bestowed upon a person as a recompense for cooperation, greater effort, superior merit, or supremacy in competition. Premium is applied… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Premium — Pre mi*um, 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
premium — ► NOUN (pl. premiums) 1) an amount paid for a contract of insurance. 2) a sum added to an ordinary price or other payment. 3) (before another noun ) (of a commodity) superior and more expensive. ● at a premium Cf. ↑at a premium … English terms dictionary
premium — [prē′mē əm] n. pl. premiums [L praemium, reward, recompense < prae , before + emere, to take: see PRE & REDEEM] 1. a reward or prize, esp. one offered free or at a special low price as an added inducement to buy or do something; bonus 2. an… … English World dictionary
premium — [adj] excellent choice, exceptional, prime, select, selected, superior; concept 574 Ant. inferior, low, low class, poor premium [n] bonus, prize appreciation, boon, bounty, carrot*, dividend, extra, fee*, gravy*, guerdon, meed, percentage, perk* … New thesaurus
Premĭum — (engl., abgekürzt pm.), Prämie, auf englischen Kurszetteln im Gegensatz zum damno oder discount (abgekürzt dis.) soviel wie Aufgeld, Überschuß über den Paribetrag … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
premium — (n.) c.1600, reward given for a specific act, from L. praemium reward, profit derived from booty, from prae before (see PRE (Cf. pre )) + emere to buy, originally to take (see EXEMPT (Cf. exempt)). Insurance sense is 1660s, from It. premio.… … Etymology dictionary
premium — consideration paid for an insurance policy. Glossary of Business Terms (1) The additional payment allowed by exchange regulation for delivery of higher than required standards or grades of a commodity against a futures contract. (2) In speaking… … Financial and business terms
Premium — (1) Amount paid for a bond above the par value. (2) The price of an option contract; also, in futures trading, the amount the futures price exceeds the price of the spot commodity. Related: inverted market premium payback period. Also called… … Financial and business terms