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Definition of premium adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

premium

adjective
 
/ˈpriːmiəm/
 
/ˈpriːmiəm/
[only before noun]
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  1. very high (and higher than usual); of high quality
    • premium prices/products
    • Daytime calls are charged at premium rate.
    Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘reward, prize’): from Latin praemium ‘booty, reward’, from prae ‘before’ + emere ‘buy, take’.
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