premises

/หˆpษนษ›mษ™siหz/

IPA: /P R EH1 M AH0 S AH0 Z/

noun
  1. 1

    Land, and all the built structures on it, especially when considered as a single place.

  2. 2

    The subject of a conveyance or deed

noun
  1. 1

    A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

  2. 2

    Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.

  3. 3

    (usually in the plural) Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, 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.

  4. 4

    (usually in the plural) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts.

    โ€œtrespass on anotherโ€™s premisesโ€

  5. 5

    (authorship) The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/premises