meaning of premium

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.
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.
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.
5.
payment or reward especially from a government for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military


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