high premium

collocation in English

meaningsofhighandpremium

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high
adjective
uk
/haɪ/us
/haɪ/
(especially of things that are not living) being a large distance from top to bottom or a long way above the ground, or having the stated distance from top ...
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premium
noun
uk
/ˈpriː.mi.əm/us
/ˈpriː.mi.əm/
an amount that is more ...
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(Definition ofhighandpremiumfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhigh premium

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They place ahighpremiumon current consumption and wish to enjoy themselves before they take on the financial responsibilities associated with middle age.
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The entertainment value of opinion giving in media talk has ahighpremium.
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Invariably, they placed ahighpremiumon acquiring information upon which their very survival hinged.
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The capacity to communicate has never been at such ahighpremium.
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Each sport emphasizes different physical attributes, but all place ahighpremiumon physical and temperamental soundness.
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Ahighpremiumwas placed on curiosity, a preparedness to notice the unexpected, and a firm commitment to engage in intellectual debate.
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Insurance companies get a larger surplus from the spread and insurance salespersons get a larger commission when they sell annuities with ahighpremium.
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In our view, this finding questions thehighpremiumput on building peace through multiethnic organisations.
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Moreover, home ownership encouraged the growth of a mentality that placed ahighpremiumon property and consumer durables as economic and cultural ends in themselves.
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It is very near to the consuming markets; therefore it will command a veryhighpremium.
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Rightly, it has put ahighpremiumon safety at work in all possible areas.
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It places ahighpremiumon bi-partisanship in foreign policy in general and in nuclear policy in particular.
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We have had to pay ahighpremiumover the years because of the political risks that the markets attach to this country.
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We put a veryhighpremiumon making sure that we are not cheated in this country.
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However, it is certainly true that it is extremely difficult to get insured for space activities at all, even at ahighpremium.
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It is because we want to protect him from the incidence of ahighpremiumthat the limit has been fixed.
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It is financial efficiency which makes an insurance company decide on ahighpremiumfor one company and a low one for another.
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Where success is at ahighpremium, and necessarily scarce, failure must become a common experience.
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Insurance of glass is not common, because of thehighpremium, and, in any case, would not help here.
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