premises

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈpɹɛmɪsɪz/
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/ˈpɹɛmɪsɪz/ · /ˈpɹɛməsɪz/ · /ˈpɹemɪsɪz/ · /ˈpɹeməsəz/

Definition of premises

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of premise
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noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of premise
  2. (plural, plural-only)Land, and all the built structures on it, especially when considered as a single place.
    “The caretaker lives on the premises.”
  3. (plural, plural-only)The subject of a conveyance or deed.
  4. (euphemistic, obsolete, plural, plural-only, slang)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

  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of premise

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