noun
verb
Freq #7480
Meanings
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1
noun
A building or piece of land used by a business or organization.
The caretaker lives on the premises.
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2
noun
The statements or ideas that an argument or conclusion is based on.
His whole theory rests on a few shaky premises.
Thesaurus
Word family
Derived forms
off-premiseson-premise
Etymology
See premise