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at a premium

ADJECTIVE
dear
Synonyms
STRONGEST
valuable
STRONG
fancy high steep stiff
WEAK
an arm and a leg cher costly high-priced out of sight overpriced pretty penny pricey prized
Antonyms
STRONG
moderate soft
WEAK
cheap common despised hateful inexpensive low-priced unimportant valueless worthless
ADJECTIVE
expensive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
costly extravagant fancy high lavish overpriced pricey upscale valuable
WEAK
an arm and a leg big-ticket dear excessive exorbitant highway robbery holdup immoderate inordinate invaluable out of sight plush posh pretty penny rich ritzy sky-high steep stiff swank too high uneconomical unreasonable
Antonyms
STRONGEST
economical reasonable unimportant worthless
WEAK
cheap inexpensive low-priced moderate
ADJECTIVE
scarce
Synonyms
STRONGEST
deficient limited rare scant scanty sparse sporadic
WEAK
failing few few and far between in short supply occasional seldom seldom met with semioccasional short shortened shy truncated uncommon unusual wanting
Antonyms
STRONGEST
adequate ample plentiful satisfactory sufficient
WEAK
abundant frequent

Example Sentences

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The terms structures are sloping upwards, and the VIX futures are trading at a premium to VIX.

From MarketWatch

In the past, the capital-light stocks tended to trade at a premium multiple compared with companies requiring more capital, Goldman noted.

From Barron's

Goals have also been at a premium in front of their own supporters, with only five scored in their past seven matches in all competitions.

From BBC

In 2016, as you can see, PE investments were barely priced at a premium to public markets.

From The Wall Street Journal

Through the transaction, he says the company is effectively “monetizing the by-product at a premium,” while keeping full exposure to its core gold production in the Fruta Del Norte operations in Ecuador since silver represents only 1%-2% of revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal

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