English Dictionary
Definition of “premises”
premises (ˈprɛmɪsɪz
)
Definitions
plural noun
- a piece of land together with its buildings, esp considered as a place of business
- law
- (in a deed, etc) the matters referred to previously; the aforesaid; the foregoing
- the introductory part of a grant, conveyance, etc
- law (in the US) the part of a bill in equity that states the names of the parties, details of the plaintiff's claims, etc
premise
Definitions
noun
- Also premisslogic a statement that is assumed to be true for the purpose of an argument from which a conclusion is drawn
verb
- (when tr, may take a clause as object) to state or assume (a proposition) as a premise in an argument, theory, etc
Word Origin
C14: from Old French prémisse, from Medieval Latin praemissa sent on before, from Latin praemittere to dispatch in advance, from prae before + mittere to send
Synonyms
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assumption,
proposition,
thesis,
ground,
argument,
hypothesis,
assertion,
postulate,
supposition,
presupposition,
postulation,
Translations
- British English:
premises
The premises of a business or an institution are all the buildings and land that it occupies.There is a kitchen on the premises.ˈprɛmɪsɪz NOUN There is a kitchen on the premises.
- Spanish:
local
nm
- French:
locaux
nm_pl
- German:
Gelände
nnt
- Chinese: 地产 n
- Arabic: الـمَبْنَى وَالأَرَاضِي التَّابِعَه لَهُ n
- Portuguese: estabelecimento nm
- Russian: здание и прилегающая территория n
- Croatian: prostorije npl
- Czech: prostory npl
- Danish: ejendom nutr
- Dutch: huis nnt
- Finnish: alue n
- Greek: στεγασμένος χώρος nm
- Italian: locali npl
- Japanese: 土地建物 n
- Korean: 부동산 npl
- Norwegian: eiendom nm
- Polish: lokal nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: estabelecimento nm
- European Spanish:
local
nm
- Swedish: förutsättningar npl
- Thai: ที่ดินและสิ่งปลูกสร้าง npl
- Turkish: bina ve etrafındaki arazi npl
- Vietnamese: khuôn viên n
Usage examples
By comparison with my small set-up at Ditchling their premises were palatial.
Innes, Hammond, High Stand (1985)Officials from the US Federal Reserve are still on the premises conducting a joint investigation with the Maryland state bank regulators.
Irish Times (2002)This used a microwave radio link to connect subscriber premises directly to the Atlantic trunk telecoms network.
Glasgow Herald (2001)A full range of Armagnacs is distilled on the premises only from grapes grown on the vast estate.
Millon, Kim & Millon, Marc, The Wine Roads of France (1989)
