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单词 at a premium
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premium /prēˈmi-əm/

noun (pl preˈmiums or (rare) preˈmia)
  1. A sum regularly payable for insurance
  2. An admission fee paid by someone entering an apprenticeship or profession
  3. A sum added to a fixed wage, rate, etc, a bonus
  4. Excess over original price or par, opp to discount
  5. Anything offered as an incentive to buy
  6. A reward, prize or bounty
adjective

Of highest quality, and so costly

ORIGIN: L praemium prize, reward, from prae above, and emere to buy

Premium Bond or Premium Savings Bond noun

A Government bond, the holder of which gains no interest, but is eligible for a money prize allotted by a draw held at stated intervals

at a premium

  1. In great demand
  2. Above par

put a premium on

To attach particular value to, to esteem highly

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