premisesnoun [ plural ]
uk/ˈprem.ɪ.sɪz/us/ˈprem.ɪ.sɪz/C1 the land and buildings owned by someone, especially by a company or organization:
The company is relocating to new premises.
There is no smoking allowed anywhere on school premises.
The ice cream is made on the premises (= in the building where it is sold).
The security guards escorted the protesters off (= away from) the premises.
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- Hotdesking allows a company to have significantly smaller premises.
- If I'm passing by I might take a peek at the new premises.
- The security guard saw the protesters off the premises.
- Of course, you pay more for premises with a central location .
- We haven't yet managed to find new premises that are suitable for our purposes.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Home
- a roof over your head idiom
- abode
- accommodation
- address
- an Englishman's home is his castle idiom
- bolthole
- domestic
- door-to-door
- down
- down sb's way idiom
- dwelling
- Englishman
- gaff
- habitation
- lodging
- place
- residence
- residential
- spiritual home
- the home front
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