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premium
noun
    1. An amount paid, usually annually, on an insurance agreement.
    2. An extra sum added to wages or to interest.
    3. A prize.
      Thesaurus: prize, bonus, gift, lagniappe, benefit, dividend, remuneration.
    4. Finest; exceptional.
      Example: premium quality
Idiom: be at a premium
    To be scarce and greatly in demand.
Idiom: put a premium on something
    To attach special importance to it.
Etymology: 17c: from Latin praemium reward.



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