Premises
Meaning of Premises
A building and the land it stands on; starting points of an argument.
ما معنى كلمة Premises بالعربي؟
المباني أو الأراضي
🏢📍 المباني أو الأراضي المُلحقة بمؤسسة؛ أسس أو مُقدمات منطقية؛ مكان العمل الذي تُمارس فيه الأنشطة والأعمال الرسمية والمهنية 📍🏗️
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Synonyms & related words
Premises in a sentence
Premises hygiene was audited before the lab opened.
Premises costs form a large part of the budget.
The lease covers the premises described in the schedule.
Students follow safety rules on the premises.
Origin of Premises
From Old French premisse, from Medieval Latin praemissa 'things put before'.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, premises has a property and a logic sense. GL premises are secure and welcoming.
Premises audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Today's word is "Premises" — noun, pronounced /ˈpremɪsɪz/, with the stress on "prem".
Narrator: Premises means the buildings and land that a business or organisation uses.
Narrator: In plain English, the premises are where the business is.
Narrator: It comes from the Latin praemissa, things mentioned before, from old property deeds.
Narrator: A common collocation is "on the premises", which describes being inside the property.
Narrator: It differs from "premise", because a premise, singular, is an idea an argument is based on.
Narrator: Signs such as "no smoking on these premises" show its official tone.
Narrator: Law, retail, insurance and property all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: premises are a business's buildings and land.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: Why do pub signs say "on the premises"?
Speaker B: Because it's the legal word for the building! PREMISES came from old deeds listing property.
Speaker A: Is it plural?
Speaker B: Yes, always with a plural verb.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Food must be eaten on the premises", a rule. "The company moved to new premises", a relocation. "He was escorted off the premises", a removal.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Premises takes a plural verb: the premises are, not the premises is.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Property is its legal cousin, site is its twin, and building is the plain alternative, but premises keeps its official charm!
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Let's use "premises" in AI prompts — useful for facilities software and legal notices.
Speaker A: How would facilities software use it?
Speaker B: Track sites.
Prompt: Design a database table for company premises with address, floor area, lease end date and fire safety check date.
Speaker A: And notices?
Speaker B: Clear and polite.
Prompt: Write a sign stating that CCTV operates on these premises, in plain English.
Speaker A: Could it help inspections?
Speaker B: Yes, checklists.
Prompt: Generate a fire safety checklist for small retail premises in the UK.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Insurance quotes.
Prompt: List the questions an insurer should ask about business premises before quoting.
Frequently asked questions about Premises
What does Premises mean?
A building and the land it stands on; starting points of an argument.
ما معنى كلمة Premises بالعربي؟
المباني أو الأراضي — 🏢📍 المباني أو الأراضي المُلحقة بمؤسسة؛ أسس أو مُقدمات منطقية؛ مكان العمل الذي تُمارس فيه الأنشطة والأعمال الرسمية والمهنية 📍🏗️
How do you pronounce Premises?
Premises is pronounced /ˈpremɪsɪz/ and is used as a noun (plural).
How is Premises used in a sentence?
Premises hygiene was audited before the lab opened.
What are synonyms of Premises?
building, property, site, estate, grounds, location.