PREMISES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does premises mean? 

• PREMISES (noun)
  The noun PREMISES has 1 sense:

1. land and the buildings on it

  Familiarity information: PREMISES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PREMISES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Land and the buildings on it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Context example:

the were evicted from the premises

Hypernyms ("premises" is a kind of...):

land site; site (the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located))

 Context examples 

We have not got our name up yet, for we only secured these temporary premises last week.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I walked round the corner, saw the City and Suburban Bank abutted on our friend’s premises, and felt that I had solved my problem.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His shell-jacket was as much too little for him as he was too big for the premises.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He watched us with sullen eyes until we had left his premises.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“He is in unoccupied premises under suspicious circumstances,” said Gregson.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Thornfield! that, doubtless, was the name of her house: a neat orderly spot, I was sure; though I failed in my efforts to conceive a correct plan of the premises.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

For, though your accusations were ill-founded, formed on mistaken premises, my behaviour to you at the time had merited the severest reproof.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Dick, perforce, had to go through a few stiff formalities at first, after which he calmly accepted White Fang as an addition to the premises.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

After I've ben workin' like hell all week I just got to booze up. If I didn't, I'd cut my throat or burn up the premises.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I think the house and premises may be made comfortable, and given the air of a gentleman's residence, without any very heavy expense, and that must suffice me; and, I hope, may suffice all who care about me.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)