premiums
SayPREE-mee-uhmz/ˈpɹiː.miː.əmz/
- 1Plural of premium.
Insurance premiums rose sharply across the region this year.
Collectors paid steep premiums for the rare first-edition prints.
Note
Nothing irregular happens here: the singular simply takes -s, and the plural can carry any of its meanings, from prizes and sweeteners offered with a purchase to bonuses on top of ordinary pay and the amount by which a security exceeds face value. It is most at home in insurance and finance, where payments recur or add up: monthly premiums, rising premiums, premiums paid over the life of a policy.
premiums is a form of premium
premium, noun: The sum paid, usually at regular intervals, to keep an insurance policy in force. Full entry
- Spelling
- premium → premiums: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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