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Definition of PREMIUM

Premium
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 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.

Meaning of PREMIUM from wikipedia

- Look up premium in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Premium may refer to: Premium (marketing), a promotional item that can be received for a small fee...
- YouTube Premium (formerly Music Key and YouTube Red) is a subscription service offered by the American video platform YouTube. The service provides ad-free...
- Premium (Premium Saltine Crackers) is a brand of soda cracker produced by Nabisco, which were first introduced in 1876. It is known as Premium Plus (Premium...
- Premium Bonds is a lottery bond scheme organised by the United Kingdom government since 1956. At present it is managed by the government's National Savings...
- A risk premium is a measure of excess return that is required by an individual to compensate being subjected to an increased level of risk. It is used...
- The Renault Premium is a heavy-duty truck that was produced by the French Manufacturer Renault Véhicules Industriels and later Renault Trucks (also part...
- Premium financing is the lending of funds to a person or company to cover the cost of an insurance premium. Premium finance loans are often provided by...
- offerings to include support for podcasts. YouTube Music also features a premium tier that provides several benefits to subscribers. These include ad-free...
- and relatively small loss in the form of a payment to the insurer (a premium) in exchange for the insurer's promise to compensate the insured in the...
- In economics, a liquidity premium is the explanation for a difference between two types of financial securities (e.g. stocks), that have all the same...