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at a premium

at a high price; priced high because of something special. Sally bought the shoes at a premium because they were of very high quality. This new sports car sells at a premium because so many people want to buy it.

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The men shouted; the ladies wept into their pocket-handkerchiefs till they were moist, and waved them till they were dry; the excitement was tremendous; and Mr Nickleby whispered his friend that the shares were thenceforth at a premium of five-and-twenty per cent. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context Bonds were issued, and made their appearance on 'Change; "Phileas Fogg bonds" were offered at par or at a premium, and a great business was done in them. Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context Whether he thought the owners of the ship denied it to him, on account of its clotting his clear, sunny complexion; or whether he deemed that, on so long a voyage in such marketless waters, butter was at a premium, and therefore was not for him, a subaltern; however it was, Flask, alas Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context			assign to assimilate assimilate into assimilate with some people assist assist at assist in assist with associate associate oneself with associate with assume assume liability for assure of astound with astray at a crossroads at a dead end at a disadvantage at a glance at a good clip at a loss at a loss for words at a moment's notice at a pinch at a premium at a price at a push at a rate of knots at a set time at a sitting at a snail's pace at a stretch at a time at all costs at all hours at all times at an early date at an end at any cost at any price at any rate at bay at beck and call at best at close range at convenience at cross purposes at cross-purposes at death's door at doorstep			at a glance at a good clip at a great distance At a Later Date at a later period at a later time at a loss at a loss at a loss at a loss at a loss at a loss at a loss for words at a low price at a lower place at a minimum at a minimum at a minimum at a minimum at a moment's notice at a moment's notice at a moment's notice at a moment's notice at a moment's notice at a moment's notice at a pinch at a pinch at a pinch at a pinch at a pinch at a premium at a price at a push at a rate of knots at a right angle at a right angle At a round rate at a set time at a sitting at a snail's gallop at a snail's pace At a start at a stretch at a stroke at a stroke at a stroke at a stroke at a subsequent period at a succeeding time at a time at a time at a venture at a venture at a venture at a word at a word at a word at a word at all at all at all

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