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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Closed-end funds can trade at a premium or discount to their net asset value.

From Barron's

The idea that it’s always safe to sell the front of the curve at a premium and buy the back at a discount is a false assumption as markets often flip, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal

Now, some traders are starting to sell the once-shunned oil at a premium.

From The Wall Street Journal

Prices in energy hubs such as New York Harbor and Los Angeles trade at a premium over the Gulf Coast hub.

From MarketWatch

Crude loaded from Oman trades at a premium to a flavor known as Dubai, which can’t be diverted from the port of Fateh on the wrong side of the passage.

From The Wall Street Journal

at a premium

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