an amount of money that you pay once or regularly for an insurance policy 保险费 a monthly premium of £6.25 每月 6.25 英镑的保险费
Synonyms paymentpayment- premium
- contribution
- subscription
- repayment
- deposit
- instalment
- payment an amount of money that you pay or are expected to pay; the act of paying:
ten monthly payments of $50 每月付款 50 美元，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:
an insurance premium 保险费 a premium for express delivery 快递附加费
- contribution a sum of money that you pay regularly to your employer or the government in order to pay for benefits such as health insurance, a pension, etc:
You can increase your monthly contributions to the pension plan. 你可以增加你的养老金计划每月供款。
- subscription an amount of money you pay in advance to receive a service:
a subscription to Netflix 订阅《网飞》
- repayment (British English)
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:
We've put down a 5 per cent deposit on the house. 我们已经为这所房子付了5%的定金。
- instalment one of a number of payments that you make regularly over a period of time until you have paid for something:
We paid for the car by/in instalments. 我们以分期付款买了这辆车。
- (a/an) annual/monthly/regular payment/premium/contributions/subscription/repayment/deposit/instalment
- payment/repayment in full
- to pay a(n) premium/contribution/subscription/deposit/instalment
- to make a payment/repayment/deposit
- to meet/keep up (with) (the) payment(s)/the premiums/(the) repayment(s)/the instalments
Extra ExamplesIntense competition has kept premiums low. 激烈的竞争使得保险费保持在低位。 The insurance company has increased our premiums. 保险公司提高了我们的保险费。 Premiums on many cars will go up this year. 今年许多汽车的保险费会上调。 We're struggling to keep up our premiums. 我们正勉力继续支付保险费。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- annual
- monthly
- regular
- …
- pay
- afford
- keep up
- …
- go up
- increase
- rise
- …
- payment
- rate
- increase
- …
- premium for
- premium on
an extra payment added to the basic rate 额外费用；附加费 You have to pay a high premium for express delivery. 快递须付高额的附加费。 A premium of 10 per cent is paid out after 20 years. 20年后支付10%的溢价。 He was willing to pay a premium for a house near the sea. 他愿意出高价买一栋海边的房子。 There's a risk premium of probably $10 a barrel built into oil prices. 每桶石油的价格中约有 10 美元的风险溢价。 a premium-rate phone number 付费电话号码
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hefty
- high
- small
- …
- pay
- charge
- place
- …
- at a premium
- premium of
- premium on
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘reward, prize’): from Latin praemium ‘booty, reward’, from prae ‘before’ + emere ‘buy, take’.
Idioms
at a premium
put/place/set a premium on somebody/something
to think that somebody/something is particularly important or valuable 重视；珍视 The company places a high premium on initiative. 公司高度重视主动性。 They put a high premium on customer loyalty. 他们非常重视顾客忠诚度。