Meanings
premises1
verb
alternative præmises
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of premise
premises2
nounpremises pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlyLand, and all the built structures on it, especially when considered as a single place.
The caretaker lives on the premises.
- pluralplural onlylawThe subject of a conveyance or deed.
- euphemisticobsoletepluralplural onlyslangThe 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.
1683, The Fifteen Comforts of Matrimony, London: […] H. Woodgate and S. Brooks, […], published 1760, pages 81–82Synonyms: axe wound, bearded clam, beaver, berk, bonne bouche, box, bun, bush
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe vagina.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 房地, 房屋
- 房地 (fángdì)land, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
- 房屋 (fángwū)land, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
Dutch pand
- pandland, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
Finnish kiinteistö
- kiinteistöland, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
French local
- localland, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
German Lokal, Räumlichkeiten
- Lokalland, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
- Räumlichkeitenland, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
- Geländeland, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
Hindi परिसर
- परिसर (parisar)land, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
Hungarian birtok, telephely
- birtokland, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
- telephelyland, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
- létesítményland, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
- helyszínland, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
- területland, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
- telekland, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
Italian locale
- localeland, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
Japanese 邸内, 構内
- 邸内 (teinai)land, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
- 構内 (kōnai)land, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
Norwegian eiendom
- eiendomland, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
Polish nieruchomość, posesja
- nieruchomośćland, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
- posesjaland, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
Portuguese local
- localland, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
Russian террито́рия, помеще́ние
- террито́рия (territórija)land, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
- помеще́ние (pomeščénije)land, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
- зда́ние (zdánije)land, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
- недви́жимость (nedvížimostʹ)land, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
- владе́ние (vladénije)land, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
Spanish local, recinto
- localland, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
- recintoland, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
- instalacionesland, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
Ukrainian терито́рія, тере́на
- терито́рія (terytórija)land, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
- тере́на (teréna)land, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
- примі́щення (prymíščennja)land, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place
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“premises.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premises. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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