premises

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premises^¹

/ˈpɹɛmɪsɪz/ Canada, US, UK
/ˈpɹɛməsɪz/ Canada, US, UK
/ˈpɹɛmɪsiz/ nonstandard
/ˈpɹemɪsɪz/ Australia
/ˈpɹeməsəz/ New Zealand

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See premise

noun præmises

plural plural of premise

verb præmises

indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of premise

premises^²

/ˈpɹɛmɪsɪz/ Canada, US, UK
/ˈpɹɛməsɪz/ Canada, US, UK
/ˈpɹɛmɪsiz/ nonstandard
/ˈpɹemɪsɪz/ Australia
/ˈpɹeməsəz/ New Zealand

noun

plural, plural only Land, and all the built structures on it, especially when considered as a single place. The caretaker lives on the premises.
plural, plural only The subject of a conveyance or deed.
euphemistic, obsolete, plural, plural only, slang The vagina. […] ſhe charges her to put him to it as a virgin ought to do; and farther, that as ſoon as he entered the premiſes, with fome feigned reluctancy on her part, muſt fall into a fainting ſhriek, as if ſhe had fallen into a cold water in a hot fit.
Similar: axe wound, bearded clam, beaver, berk, bonne bouche, box, bun, bush, cavern, clunge, coin slot, cooch

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: assumption, preface, premiss, introduce, rent, rents, property, workplace, establishment, institution, grassroots, localized, department, compound, local, halls

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

Español	local, recinto, instalaciones
日本語	邸内 teinai, 構内 kōnai
中文	房地 fángdì, 房屋 fángwū
हिन्दी	परिसर parisar
Português	local
Français	local
Deutsch	Lokal, Räumlichkeiten, Gelände
Italiano	locale
Русский	террито́рия territórija, помеще́ние pomeščénije, зда́ние zdánije, недви́жимость nedvížimostʹ, владе́ние vladénije

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@misc{premises_2026,
  title = {premises},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/premises},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}