2. Adverb. At a high, or higher than expected, price. ¹
3. Adverb. Scarce, in short supply. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of At A Premium
Literary usage of At a premium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Around the world in eighty days, tr. by G.M. Towle by Jules Verne (1874)
"IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG'S NAME IS ONCE MORE at a premium ON 'CHANGE. IT is time to
relate what a change took place in English public opinion, ..."
2. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1863)
"Why should that be the case if the paper has not depreciated and gold is really
at a premium ? Why should gold go to London, where it is not in demand, ..."
3. The Financial Policy of Corporations by Arthur Stone Dewing (1920)
"It may arise through the sale to either stockholders or the public of stock or
bonds at a premium above the par value. It may arise through the sale of ..."
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1885)
"The rate of interest upon the newly issued bonds is 3i per cent., and the bonde
were suM at a premium of 6'85 per cent. During 1885 bonds amounting to ..."
5. Life of Thurlow Weed Including His Autobiography and a Memoir by Thurlow Weed, Harriet A. Weed, Thurlow Weed Barnes (1884)
"FRAUDS PERPETRATED TO KEEP GOLD at a premium. — A CONVENTION OF BANKERS. — "EVENTS
WHICH CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE." — " NOT GOLD ENOUGH IN THE WORLD TO Do ..."
6. The Wall Street Point of View by Henry Clews (1900)
"Our improved credit shown by our new two per cent, bonds at a premium. — Gold
now our unequivocal standard of value. — Baneful effects of previous ..."
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