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Premises are land and buildings together considered as a property. This usage arose from property owners finding the word in their title deeds , where it originally correctly meant "the aforementioned; what this document is about", from Latin prae-missus = "placed before".
A premise can also be an indicator word if statements have been combined into a logical argument and such word functions to mark the role of one or more of the statements. [6] It indicates that the statement it is attached to is a premise. [6]
When the prefix "re-" is added to a monosyllabic word, the word gains currency both as a noun and as a verb. Most of the pairs listed below are closely related: for example, "absent" as a noun meaning "missing", and as a verb meaning "to make oneself missing".
This is a list of British English words that have different American English spellings, for example, colour (British English) and color (American English). Word pairs are listed with the British English version first, in italics, followed by the American English version: spelt, spelled; Derived words often, but not always, follow their root.
This is a list of restaurant terminology.A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money, either paid before the meal, after the meal, or with a running tab. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services.
A ginnel is a word in various Scottish and northern English dialects [1] describing a fenced or walled alley between residential buildings that provides a pedestrian shortcut to nearby streets. [2] Ginnels are typically found in suburban areas, and do not contain any business premises, unlike some other types of alley.
Premise is a claim that is a reason for, or an objection against, some other claim as part of an argument.. Premise (from the Latin praemissa [propositio], meaning "placed in front") may also refer to:
The team behind the Macquarie Dictionary produced a podcast called Word for Word from 2016 through to the end of 2021. The podcast explored surprising histories behind everyday words and phrases, went behind the scenes with the dictionary editors, and highlighted some of Australia's word lovers, from Scrabble champions to hip-hop artists.