PREMIUM, or PRÆMIUM, properly signifies a reward or recompence; but it is chiefly used in a mercantile sense for the sum of money given to an insurer whether of ships, houses, lives, &c. See INSURANCE. PRENOMEN,
Prenomen, Preparation PRENOMEN, PRÆNOMEN, among the ancient Romans, a name prefixed to their family name, and answering to our Christian name: such are Caius, Lucius, Marcus, &c.