at a premium
idiom
1
: for a high price
Land in the county is selling at a premium.
Rooms with a view are available, but they come at a premium.
2
: difficult to get because there is little available
We bought bunk beds because space in the apartment is at a premium.
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Strategy's shares trade at a premium because investors anticipate that the company will leverage debt markets to continue purchasing Bitcoin, effectively creating a leveraged bet on the future of cryptocurrency.
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
This means a tight timeline might be achieved, but at a premium.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
One dares to hope that Hollywood, for all its current ills, may finally be turning a corner, reverting back to when new ideas were held at a premium.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
They’ll still be priced at a premium for a while, though.
—PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
This means a tight timeline might be achieved, but at a premium.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
One dares to hope that Hollywood, for all its current ills, may finally be turning a corner, reverting back to when new ideas were held at a premium.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
They’ll still be priced at a premium for a while, though.
—PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
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“At a premium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20a%20premium. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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