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Premies
- noun - an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation
Premise
- noun - a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"
- furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
- set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand"
- take something as preexisting and given
Premiss
- noun - a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"
- take something as preexisting and given
Premium
- adjective - a fee charged for exchanging currencies
- a prize, bonus, or award given as an inducement to purchase products, enter competitions initiated by business interests, etc.; "they encouraged customers with a premium for loyal patronage"
- having or reflecting superior quality or value; "premium gasoline at a premium price"
- payment for insurance
- payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military
- the amount that something in scarce supply is valued above its nominal value; "they paid a premium for access to water"
Primacy
- noun - the state of being first in importance
Primage
- - A charge in addition to the freight; originally, a gratuity to the captain for his particular care of the goods (sometimes called hat money), but now belonging to the owners or freighters of the vessel, unless by special agreement the whole or part is assigned to the captain.
Primary
- adjective - (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it
- a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
- coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit; "current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil"
- First
- most important element;
- not derived from or reducible to something else; basic; "a primary instinct"
- of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest"
- of or being the essential or basic part; "an elementary need for love and nurturing"
- of primary importance
- one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
Primate
- noun - a senior clergyman and dignitary
- any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet