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# premium

«premium» in Mova's school dictionary: **An amount paid regularly for insurance** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a premium, premiums); adjective (premium)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (money) An amount paid regularly for insurance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premium/#m1)

2) An extra amount paid on top of the usual price. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premium/#m2)

3) adjective Of high quality and usually more expensive: «premium ice cream». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premium/#m3)

4) at a premium Hard to find and so in great demand: «Space is at a premium in our flat.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premium/#m4)

5) put a premium on Treat something as very important. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premium/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In adult life, families pay a «monthly premium» for car, house or health insurance. In shops «premium» on labels means the dearer, better kind; «premium petrol». In maths problems, a premium is an extra amount you add. Phrases: «insurance premium», «pay a premium», «at a premium», «premium quality».

### examples

- Mum pays an insurance premium every month for the car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premium/#x1)
- Premium tickets cost more but you sit at the front. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premium/#x2)
- We bought the premium ice cream for the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premium/#x3)
- Seats were at a premium at the school concert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premium/#x4)
- Our coach puts a premium on teamwork. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premium/#x5)
- Dad filled up with premium petrol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premium/#x6)
- You pay a premium for fruit that is out of season. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premium/#x7)

### note

Plural «premiums». Stress: PREE-mee-um. In maths: if a ticket costs £20 plus a £5 premium, the total is £25. «Premium» on a label is marketing; it does not always mean better. An insurance premium is paid even if nothing goes wrong.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «premium» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premium/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.