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• plural of premise.
• present tense form of premise (3rd person singular).

premises

British  

/ ˈprɛmɪsɪz /

plural noun

1. a piece of land together with its buildings, esp considered as a place of business

2. law

   1. (in a deed, etc) the matters referred to previously; the aforesaid; the foregoing

   2. the introductory part of a grant, conveyance, etc

3. law (in the US) the part of a bill in equity that states the names of the parties, details of the plaintiff's claims, etc

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Explanation

The premises of a property consist of the land and buildings on it, usually of a business or organization. If there are no dogs allowed on the premises of a school, you'll have to leave your furry friend at home. A game of hide-and-go-seek where you can’t leave the house will go a lot faster than one that permits hiding anywhere on the premises, including outdoors. Premises has another, unrelated meaning — it can also be the assumption or hypothesis from which a conclusion is drawn. The English writer Samuel Butler said, “Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.” Meaning, much of life is about guesswork.

Example Sentences

More than this does not follow lawfully from the premisses.

From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William

It struck me, I confess, that instead of burning the collections, they would have done better to ask him what was the connection between his premisses and his conclusions.

From Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II by Stephen, Leslie

Rationalism is the exercise of reason instead of faith in matters of faith; but one does not see how it can be faith to adopt the premisses, and unbelief to accept the conclusion.

From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Newman, John Henry Cardinal

The discovery of these premisses belongs to philosophy; but the work of deducing the body of common knowledge from them belongs to mathematics, if “mathematics” is interpreted in a somewhat liberal sense.

From Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy by Russell, Bertrand

Opinion, as being an assent, is independent of premisses.

From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by Newman, John Henry