premise
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
premises
plural
premises
Britannica Dictionary definition of PREMISE
1
premises
[plural]
:
a building and the area of land that it is on
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They were asked to leave the premises.
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The company leases part of the premises to smaller businesses.
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The premises were searched by the police.
2
[count]
formal
also British
premiss
:
a statement or idea that is accepted as being true and that is used as the basis of an argument
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He disagreed with her premise.
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the basic premise of the argument
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a theory based on the simple premise that what goes up must come down
off the premises
also off premises
:
away from or outside of a building or the area of land that it is on
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Police escorted her off the premises.
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The printing of the books is done off the premises. [=at another place]
on the premises
also on premises
:
inside a building or on the area of land that it is on
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The hotel has a restaurant on the premises. [=inside the hotel]
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No smoking is allowed on the premises.
