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Spell Bee Word: premium


Basic Details

Word: Premium

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Money paid regularly for insurance; also an extra amount paid for something. As an adjective it means of high quality and costing more.

Synonyms: payment, instalment, bonus

Antonyms: discount

How to Spell Premium

Syllables: pre - mi - um

Tricky part: Students who hear pree at the start often write pri. The i before the final um is easy to swallow: prem-i-um.

Watch out for: primium, premiam, premum

Memory tip: Picture premium seats in a stadium: both words finish with i-u-m.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. at a premium: hard to get and therefore valuable Example: "During the final, seats in the stadium were at a premium."

Usage Examples

Example 1: Our car insurance premium is due next week.

Example 2: This shop sells premium basmati rice.

Example 3: During the Diwali rush, people pay a premium for train tickets.

Fun Fact

Premium comes from the Latin praemium, meaning a reward or prize.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: premium

a) ordinary
b) superior
c) inferior
d) cheap

Show answer

b) superior. A premium product is of superior quality; cheap and inferior point the other way.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) discount
b) guarantee
c) insurance
d) primium

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d) primium. Premium begins with pre, not pri.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Dad pays the premiam for his health insurance every March.

a) March
b) premiam
c) health
d) insurance

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b) premiam. The word ends in -ium.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. An insurance premium is ____.

a) a type of hospital
b) a free gift
c) a bank holiday
d) money paid to keep a policy going

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d) money paid to keep a policy going

2. A premium brand of chocolate is usually ____.

a) free
b) out of date
c) made of plastic
d) better and costlier

Show answer

d) better and costlier

Associated Words

institutionapparentescalateslenderemptiness
irresponsibledessertstatisticsuniqueflowerpot

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