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premises

premises

1 3.4
Land and buildings used by a business or office
  • noun
  • /ˈprɛmɪsɪz/
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  • These regulatory instruments include: 1) Environmental Quality: Regulation 1989; 2) Environmental Quality (Prescribed Premises): Order 1989; and 3) Environmental Quality (Prescribed Premises): Regulation 1989.

I was looking after some premises back in the East End of London.

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Examples

  • NY Premises Liability Rollerblade Accident Allowed to Go to Trial

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  • So Walmart employees, when they're working the night shift, restocking shelves and cleaning the premises, can be locked in the store overnight.

  • I was looking after some premises back in the East End of London.

  • Yeah, I've got the premises, the rent, the rates have been paid.

  • And we was in the dinner queue on the, the premises at Lillyshaw.

  • I ran a session titled "Making the Call: On-Premises or Cloud" in the graveyard shift late on in the day.

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  • These regulatory instruments include: 1) Environmental Quality: Regulation 1989; 2) Environmental Quality (Prescribed Premises): Order 1989; and 3) Environmental Quality (Prescribed Premises): Regulation 1989.

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  • Patino released a letter sent to the Ecuadorian government by British authorities that said: "You need to be aware that there is a legal base in the UK, the Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act 1987, that would allow us to take actions in order to arrest Mr. Assange in the current premises of the Embassy," international media reported.

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  • The restaurant's premises were newly renovated to attract more customers.

  • After the fire, the company had to relocate to a different premises.

Synonyms

property
vspremises
1.4

Something that a person or group owns, for example land and buildings

is narrower and refers to land and buildings used for business or official purposes
site
vspremises
1.2

A place where something is now located or will be built

covers both the land and its buildings especially for commercial or official use
lot
vspremises
  • US
3.9

A piece of land with fixed boundaries for building

typically includes existing buildings and is used for business or official work
real estate
vspremises
490 2.8

Land with buildings on it that people own, like houses or offices

is limited to land and buildings used mainly for business or official purposes
realty
vspremises
  • Specialized
27 5.4

Land and the buildings on it that someone owns

is used specifically for business or official activities on that land and buildings
parcel of land
vspremises
5 2.9

A piece of land sold or owned as one unit

often lacks buildings and focuses on land as a sale or management unit

How Big

estate
553 4.2
premises
1 3.4
office
1.0
shop
1.0

Surface Forms

premises singular
premises plural

Etymology

Premises comes from the older word premise, which once meant 'things said before' in a written document and has the part pre- meaning 'before'. Because a building was often described earlier in those papers, the places mentioned came to be called the premises, so today premises means the land and buildings named there.