premises

English

Alternative forms

• præmises (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɹɛməsiːz/, IPA: /ˈpɹɛməsɪs/

Noun

Wikipedia premises (uncountable)

1. (plural only) land, and all the built structures on it, especially when considered as a single place.
2. (law) (plural only) The subject of a conveyance or deed

Etymology

Meaning #1 arose from owners of real property finding the word in their title deeds, where it originally correctly meant "the aforementioned; what this document is about", from Latin prae-missus = "placed before".

Noun

premises plural

1. (logic) Plural form of premise

Translations

land, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place

• Dutch: pand (nl) n
• Hungarian: birtok (hu), telephely (hu), létesítmény (hu)
• Portuguese: local (pt) m

Anagrams

• emprises