premium

CEFRC1

/ˈpɹiː.miː.əm/

noun · adjective

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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At first I wrote it off to the simpler protocols of grandparenthood, with its premium on uncomplicated gestures of generosity and love.
(Of course, if an insured dies during the grace period, the unpaid annual premium or instalment thereof is past due and therefore is deducted from the death benefit.)
Notice that these premia would exist even in a world of risk-neutral lenders if there were identifiable classes of nonrepaying borrowers.

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At first I wrote it off to the simpler protocols of grandparenthood, with its premium on uncomplicated gestures of generosity and love.
2009 July 19, Ariel Sabar, “A Time to Put Aside the Armor”, in The New York Times
(Of course, if an insured dies during the grace period, the unpaid annual premium or instalment thereof is past due and therefore is deducted from the death benefit.)
1951, State Farm Life Insurance Company, Life Agents Handbook, page 62
Notice that these premia would exist even in a world of risk-neutral lenders if there were identifiable classes of nonrepaying borrowers.
1986, Michael P. Claudon, World Debt Crisis: International Lending on Trial, page 184
When a process of proverse selection has run its course, a disproportionate number of high-risk insureds will remain in the former classification, which will prompt an increase in the premiums charged in order to cover the higher losses.
1999, Missouri Law Review, volume 64, page 770

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From Latin praemium (“prize”).