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premises

noun

  1. land and buildings together considered as a property
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛmɪsɪz/ / /ˈpɹɛməsɪz/ / /ˈpɹemɪsɪz/

noun

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

    The caretaker lives on the premises.

  2. The subject of a conveyance or deed.
  3. The vagina.

    […] ſhe charges her to put him to it as a virgin ought to do; and farther, that as ſoon as he entered the premiſes, with fome feigned reluctancy on her part, muſt fall into a fainting ſhriek, as if ſhe had fallen into a cold water in a hot fit.

verb

Etymology: See premise

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of premise