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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: premium adj : having or reflecting superior quality or value; "premium gasoline at a premium price" n 1: payment for insurance [syn: {insurance premium}] 2: a fee charged for exchanging currencies [syn: {agio}, {agiotage}, {exchange premium}] 3: payment or reward (esp from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military [syn: {bounty}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Premium, KY Zip code(s): 41845
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