premises
noun
- land and buildings together considered as a property
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛmɪsɪz/ / /ˈpɹɛməsɪz/ / /ˈpɹemɪsɪz/
noun
- Land, and all the built structures on it, especially when considered as a single place.
“The caretaker lives on the premises.”
- The subject of a conveyance or deed.
- 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
- third-person singular simple present indicative of premise