I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an insurance premium (= money that you pay regularly to an insurance company )
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Your insurance premium is payable when you make your holiday booking.
insurance premium
premium bond
premium rate
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
annual
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If high value loads are carried regularly, an appropriate annual premium should be sought.
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Sales of unit trusts and personal equity plans declined by 63 percent to 36 million pounds. Annual premiums for Mercantile&038;.
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On an annual premium of, say, £180.00 the credit charge per month works out at 90p.
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Single premiums sales have since dwindled. Annual premium sales fell 24 percent.
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Since then my annual premium has risen steadily, from £97.98 to £1793.45 in 1992 - a rise of 1700%.
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Royal Bank currently generates C $ 335 million in annual premiums from the sale of creditor life and disability insurance.
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Wheel clamps aren't on the list yet, but it's still worth asking for a few quid off your annual premium .
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His solution was to come up with the first table of annual premiums based on life expectancy.
extra
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On my car insurance I pay an extra premium for what is called no claim discount protection.
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We try and look at the risk to see if it warrants an extra premium .
high
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Furthermore, the very frequency of legislative change caused a higher premium to be placed on the flexibility of any computer system.
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For an age that put a high premium on human imagination, this was important.
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By late last year, despite investing even higher premiums , the estimate had slipped to £550,000 - a substantial fall.
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These networks put a high premium on education and formed a strong protective shield for those who had gone far from home.
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In addition, older pensioners may get a slightly higher premium , marginally increasing their total weekly amount.
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We have a very high premium on courtesy, politeness, observing the social graces.
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Appropriate remedial action has been taken to secure higher premium levels on current business.
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Other kinds of work, Taylor found over the years, demanded higher premiums .
monthly
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By comparison, an Equitable Life 10-year endowment policy, with monthly premiums of £30, would have produced about £8,399.
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What is the monthly premium excluding all riders?
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In fact, it is considerably less than the £2,548.26 that the policyholder has paid in the form of monthly premiums .
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Choice of monthly premiums from your Bank current account or some types of Building Society account.
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With each monthly premium , you acquire more units.
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The values shown here are per £10 of monthly premium .
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In addition, a lot of fund managers impose a minimum monthly premium , typically between £20 and £50.
single
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Capital Choice, a single premium bond.
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Sales of single premium products dropped 8 percent to 2. 03 billion pounds.
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The single premium life assurance market was, over the past two years, dominated by the with profit bond.
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Before the price increase, the coffee cost of a single cup of premium was about 5 to 8.
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About half of personal savings are channelled into these institutions via regular and single premium life assurance and pension payments.
substantial
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Dealers thought it might need a substantial premium .
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It would put a substantial premium on smoothing out differences and working together to achieve the best environment for growing children.
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Certainly a substantial premium has been paid to acquire the shares - but will this affect the minority interest?
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The Marine account reported substantial premium growth following rating action.
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Palatine shareholders are being offered a significant increase in capital value and income, plus a substantial premium over net asset value.
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The Marine account continued to benefit from rating action and again reported substantial premium growth.
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However, Merrill Lynch is running the risk of suffering a substantial loss if the market price holds on to any substantial premium .
■ VERB
charge
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The lender will also charge a premium for risks, perceived by the lender, surrounding the project and the borrower.
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In this, insurers have to pool good and bad risks and charge a standard premium to all subscribers.
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The amounts which may be charged to share premium account are determined by the requirements of companies legislation. 91.
command
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There are good positions, centres of traffic, which are thus of high value and can command high premiums .
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In good times, properties in places such as Newton Ferrers, Sidmouth and Salcombe commanded a premium .
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Was it really possible to command such a premium price that one could recover the extra investment?
expect
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He would also be expected to pay a premium to put an end to the chaos.
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Chief Executive Dietrich Karner said he expects premium income to rise nearly 2 percent this year.
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He expects premium producers to raise their prices another 3 to 5 percent this year.
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Several of them said they expect that insurance premiums will go down as the number of policyholders goes up.
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Analysts had expected premium income, which is revenue before commissions, to be unchanged from 1994.
include
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A free holiday does not include optional insurance premium .
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The most likely incremental reforms include insurance premium caps and price controls on hospitals, doctors and pharmaceuticals.
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Next, the issue of whether the return on a futures contract includes a risk premium is examined.
increase
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It would be necessary to increase the insurance premium .
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We have been told that we will have to pay for these awards ourselves, through increased premiums .
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The Congressional Budget Office estimates that full parity would increase premiums by 4 percent.
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Your insurer may recommend increasing your premiums , but again, you should stand firm.
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It now also includes politically daring proposals to increase premiums for the very highest income beneficiaries and raise the Medicare eligibility age.
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This has had the effect of increasing the premiums paid by doctors for medical insurance.
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You, the citizen, must pay for these awards in increased premiums , their advertisements say.
keep
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Naturally, it is always our aim to keep our premium rates as competitive as possible.
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Does she keep the insurance premiums up?
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Intense competition in the market has kept premiums low.
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For example, you may want to cover only part of the loan, in order to keep down premiums .
offer
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A new Community Action programme will offer a £10 premium on top of benefits for up to 60,000 long-term jobless joining part-time voluntary work schemes.
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Hagafen Cellars of the Napa Valley will offer a selection of premium kosher wines.
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Some insurance companies, for example, have offered competitive premiums to older drivers who have a clean driving record.
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But growing interest in high-quality food suggests that those offering a premium product can find a niche market.
pay
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It operates via the regional electricity companies, which must pay a premium price for renewable energy.
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The difference is that he would pay the total premium costs to Medicare and leave out Medigap.
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In the next few years, consumers will be prepared to pay a small premium for real taste.
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And with supply limited, buyers may face paying hefty premiums above the $ 38, 000 base price.
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Until then, financial institutions had to pay a premium to obtain dollars from a restricted pool in order to invest finance overseas.
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People sending live video, which is useless if delayed, might pay a premium to ensure instant delivery.
place
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Up and down hill fences pose problems for the horse by placing a premium on balance and impulsion.
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When the top leader places that kind of premium on seamless communication and openness, it sets the tone for everyone.
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Both personally, and in his political philosophy, Hobbes placed a high premium on peace and stability.
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Barbara, as usual, seemed to be placing a premium on maintaining her composure.
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This now places the highest premium on the individual player as the element most likely to win the tournament.
put
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A shortage of females puts an equivalent premium on daughters.
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For an age that put a high premium on human imagination, this was important.
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International book-building puts a premium on intermediaries' experience and ability to sell to 300-odd investing institutions around the world.
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These networks put a high premium on education and formed a strong protective shield for those who had gone far from home.
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And in fact, the isolation and weakness of the radical milieu put a premium upon commitment to an unqualified Utopia.
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They were affluent, but they put absolutely no premium on education.
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It would put a substantial premium on smoothing out differences and working together to achieve the best environment for growing children.
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In my own garden, I put a premium on fresh greens.
raise
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Neither can they raise premiums if an existing customer takes a test which proves to be positive.
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He predicted that would be the fate of the proposal to raise premiums on higher-income elderly.
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For the reasons outlined below, we have had to raise our Contents premiums in certain areas of the country.
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Insurance companies raise premiums by up to 100 p.c. for holidays involving dangerous sports.
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Both Sotheby'sand Christie's raised their buyer's premium rates.
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There is to be no membership charge for the scheme, which will raise its revenue through premium telephone lines.
reduce
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But some questioned whether the insurance industry could be trusted to reduce premiums .
represent
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The 100p represents a 21% premium on the closing price earlier in the week.
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The $ 15 a share buyout represented a 50 % premium to the price.
sell
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Invariably such products are sold at a premium price quite unjustified by the cost of their components.
set
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However, I can not help but be amazed by the failure to set logical premiums .
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But insurers remain free to set premiums on the basis of several tests.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
premium rate number/line/service
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Because of the high cost of providing and gathering this information, Climbline would not exist were it not a premium rate service.
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Choice has not been considered in premium rate services.
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That is certainly true in the context of telecommunications and, more specifically, in premium rate services.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Premium costs around $1.35 a gallon.
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Farmers are being offered a premium for organically grown vegetables.
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We pay over $1200 in annual car insurance premiums.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Businessure is aimed at businesses with a turnover of up to £1m and generally involving premiums of up to £5,000 perannum.
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For an age that put a high premium on human imagination, this was important.
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Let the self-correcting nature of automation strain to find the optima which let only the premium through.
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Neither can they raise premiums if an existing customer takes a test which proves to be positive.
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Private motor business remains very competitive but it has been necessary to apply further selective premium increases.
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Risk of unexpected changes in default premium .
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That being the case, the company had been taking his premiums without assuming any actual risk.
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Yields also were lowered on the noncallable serial bonds due in 2013-2016, which were priced at a premium .
II. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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premium -quality wine
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The cable company offers both standard and premium services.