'Premises' definitions:
Definition of 'premises'
(from WordNet)
noun
Land and the buildings on it; "bread is baked on the premises"; "the were evicted from the premises"
Definition of 'Premises'
From: GCIDE
- Premise \Prem"ise\, n.; pl. Premises. [Written also, less properly, premiss.] [F. pr['e]misse, fr. L. praemissus, p. p. of praemittere to send before; prae before + mittere to send. See Mission.]
- 1. A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition. [1913 Webster]
- The premises observed, Thy will by my performance shall be served. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Logic) Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn. [1913 Webster]
- Note: "All sinners deserve punishment: A B is a sinner." [1913 Webster] These propositions, which are the premises, being true or admitted, the conclusion follows, that A B deserves punishment. [1913 Webster]
- While the premises stand firm, it is impossible to shake the conclusion. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]
- 3. pl. (Law) Matters previously stated or set forth; esp., that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted. [1913 Webster]
- 4. pl. A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'premises'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- airspace,
- area,
- belt,
- confines,
- continental shelf,
- corridor,
- country,
- department,
- district,
- division,
- environs,
- ground,
- heartland,
- hinterland,
- land,
- milieu,
- neighborhood,
- offshore rights,
- part,
- parts,
- place,
- precincts,
- purlieus,
- quarter,
- region,
- salient,
- section,
- soil,
- space,
- terrain,
- territory,
- three-mile limit,
- twelve-mile limit,
- vicinage,
- vicinity,
- zone