premium

n. பரிசில், ஊக்கப்பரிசு, காப்பீட்டுக் கட்டணம், பரிசூதியம், நல்லெண்ண மிகை ஊதியம், வட்டிமீது மிகைக்கட்டணம், தொழிற்பயிற்சிக்கான மதிப்பளிப்பு, வாசி வட்டம், உயர் செலாவணியாக மாற்றுவதற்குரிய மிகை வட்டம், மிகை மதிப்பு, உயர்மதிப்பு.

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Pre"mi*um, n.; pl. Premiums. Etym: [L. praemium, originally, what one has got before or better than others; prae before + emere to take, buy. See Redeem.] 1. A reward or recompense; a prize to be won by being before another, or others, in a competition; reward or prize to be adjudged; a bounty; as, a premium for good behavior or scholarship, for discoveries, etc. To think it not the necessity, but the premium and privilege of life, to eat and sleep without any regard to glory. Burke. The law that obliges parishes to support the poor offers a premium for the encouragement of idleness. Franklin. 2. Something offered or given for the loan of money; bonus; -- sometimes synonymous with interest, but generally signifying a sum in addition to the capital. People were tempted to lend, by great premiums and large interest. Swift. 3. A sum of money paid to underwriters for insurance, or for undertaking to indemnify for losses of any kind. 4. A sum in advance of, or in addition to, the nominal or par value of anything; as, gold was at a premium; he sold his stock at a premium.