prime

prime
I.
prime1 [pʀim]
feminine noun
   a. ( = cadeau) free gift
• donné en prime avec qch given away with sth
   b. ( = bonus) bonus ; ( = subvention) subsidy ; ( = indemnité) allowance
• prime d'ancienneté seniority bonus
• prime à la casse car scrappage incentive
• prime de départ bonus paid to an employee when leaving a job ; (importante) golden handshake
• prime de fin d'année/de rendement Christmas/productivity bonus
• prime de licenciement redundancy payment
• prime de risque danger money uncount
   c. (Insurance, stock exchange) premium
• prime d'assurances insurance premium
II.
prime2 [pʀim]
adjective
   a. ( = premier) dès sa prime jeunesse from his earliest youth
► de prime abord at first glance
   b. (Mathematics) prime
• n prime n prime
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pʀim
1.
adjectif
1) (premier)

de prime abord — at first, initially

dans sa prime jeunesse — in the early days of his/her youth

la prime enfance — early childhood

2) Mathématique prime

A prime — A prime


2.
nom féminin
1) (récompense) bonus

en prime avec votre abonnement, recevez ce magnifique réveil — as a free gift to new subscribers, we're offering this fabulous alarm clock

et en prime il a reçu un coup de pied aux fesses — hum and, for good measure, he got a kick in the backside

2) (indemnité) allowance
3) (subvention) subsidy
4) (d'assurance) premium
5) (en escrime) prime
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Phrasal Verbs:
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pʀim
1. nf
1) (= bonification) bonus

Il a eu une prime en récompense de son travail. — He received a bonus for his work.

2) (= subside) allowance

prime de transport — travel allowance

3) COMMERCE

en prime — free, as a free gift

J'ai eu ce stylo en prime avec l'agenda. — I got this pen free with the diary., I got this pen as a free gift with the diary.

4) ASSURANCES, BOURSE premium

une prime d'assurance — an insurance premium

2. adj
lit

de prime abord — at first glance

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prime
A adj
1 (premier) de prime abord at first, initially; de prime abord, je l'ai trouvé antipathique at first, I disliked him; dans sa prime jeunesse in the first flush of youth, in the early days of his/her youth; la prime enfance early childhood;
2 Math prime; A prime A prime.
B nf
1 (récompense) bonus; en prime avec votre abonnement, recevez ce magnifique réveil as a free gift to new subscribers, we're offering this fabulous alarm clock; financer de telles émissions, c'est donner une prime à la bêtise giving financial backing to programmesGB like that amounts to actively encouraging idiocy; et en prime il a reçu un coup de pied aux fesses and, for good measure, he got a kick in the backside;
2 (indemnité) allowance;
3 (subvention) subsidy;
4 Assur, Fin premium; faire prime to rise;
5 (en escrime) prime.
Composés
prime d'ancienneté seniority bonus; prime à la construction building subsidy; prime de déménagement removal allowance GB, relocation allowance; prime à l'embauche recruitment premium; prime d'encouragement incentive bonus; prime d'équipement development subsidy; prime à l'exportation export subsidy; prime de fin d'année Christmas bonus; prime de licenciement redundancy payment GB, severance pay; prime de précarité allowance to compensate for insecurity of employment; prime de rendement productivity bonus; prime de risque danger money; prime de transport transport allowance GB, transportation allowance US; prime de vie chère cost-of-living allowance.
[prim] adjectif
1. MATHÉMATIQUES prime
2. (littéraire) [premier]
dès sa prime enfance ou jeunesse from her earliest childhood
elle n'est plus vraiment dans la prime jeunesse she's not that young anymore
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[prim] nom féminin
1. [gratification] bonus
[indemnité - par un organisme] allowance ; [ - par l'État] subsidy
prime d'ancienneté seniority bonus
prime d'objectif incentive bonus
prime de rendement ou de résultat productivity bonus
prime de transport/déménagement travel/relocation allowance
prime d'intéressement incentive bonus
prime de licenciement redundancy payment, severance pay
prime de précaritébonus paid to compensate for lack of job security
prime de risque danger money
2. [incitation] subsidy
cette mesure est une prime à la délation (figuré) this measure will only encourage people to denounce others
prime à l'exportation export subsidy
prime au retour repatriation allowance
3. [assurances, FINANCE] [cotisation] premium
prime d'assurance insurance premium
ils ne toucheront pas la prime [bonus] they will not qualify for the no-claims bonus
4. BOURSE [taux] option rate
[somme] option money
prime d'émission premium on option to buy shares
5. (locution)
faire prime to be at a premium
{{ind}}de prime abord locution adverbiale
at first sight ou glance
{{ind}}en prime locution adverbiale
as a bonus
en prime, vous gagnez trois tasses à café as a bonus, you get a free gift of three coffee cups
non seulement il fait rien mais en prime il se plaint! not only does he do nothing, but he complains as well!

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