n. 额外费用；奖金；保险费；（商）溢价

adj. 高价的；优质的

习语 n. at a premium 1 稀少；难得 if sth is at a premium , there is little of it available and it is difficult to get Space is at a premium in a one-bedroomed apartment. 单居室公寓的空间是很有限的。 2 超出平常价；溢价 at a higher than normal price Shares are selling at a premium. 这种股票以高于面值的价格出售。 put/place/set a premium on sb/sth 重视；珍视 to think that sb/sth is particularly important or valuable

payment premium subscription repayment deposit instalment These are all words for an amount of money that you pay or are expected to pay, or for the act of paying. 以上各词均指款额、款项、付款。 payment an amount of money that you pay or are expected to pay; the act of paying 指款额、款项、付款： ten monthly payments of $50 每月付款50元，十次付清 payment in advance 预先付款 premium an amount of money that you pay once or regularly for an insurance policy; an extra payment added to the basic rate; a higher amount of money than usual 指保险费、额外费用、附加费、溢价： an insurance premium 保险费 a premium for express delivery 快递附加费 subscription an amount of money you pay in advance to receive regular copies of a newspaper or magazine or to receive a service 指（报刊、杂志等的）订阅费、订购款，（服务的）用户费： a subscription to ‘Newsweek’ 《新闻周刊》的订阅费 repayment an amount of money that you pay regularly to a bank, etc. until you have returned all the money that you owe; the act of paying this money 指按期偿还的款项、分期偿还额、偿还债务、归还借款： the repayments on the loan 贷款的分期偿还额 deposit an amount of money that you pay as the first part of a larger payment 指订金： We've put down a 5% deposit on the house. 我们已支付了房款的5%作为订金。 instalment one of a number of payments that you make regularly over a period of time until you have paid for sth 指分期付款的一期付款： We paid for the car by/in instalments. 我们以分期付款买了这辆车。 常用搭配 The money was in payment / repayment of a debt. (a / an) annual / monthly / regular / cash payment / premium / subscription / repayment / deposit / instalment payment / repayment in full to pay a(n) premium / subscription / deposit / instalment to make (a) payment / repayment / deposit to meet / keep up (with) (the) payment(s) / the premiums / (the) repayment(s) / the instalments