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dear adj.
expensive adj.
scarce adj.

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

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Corporate bonds are priced at a premium, or spread, to the relevant risk-free Treasury rate, the 10-year yield.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

Longsys should trade at a premium to peers given its market position and in-house chip design, the analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

This is postseason baseball, where the best pitchers take center stage and runs are at a premium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

A bond trading at a premium to par will have a current yield below the coupon.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

There might even be a sliding scale, with perfect numbers selling at a premium and prime numbers going for more than nonperfect composite numbers, etc.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

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