What is the meaning of premises?

noun

• A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn.
  • usage: "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"
  • synonyms: premise, premiss, assumption
• Land and the buildings on it.
  • usage: "bread is baked on the premises"; "the were evicted from the premises"

verb

• Set forth beforehand, often as an explanation.
  • usage: "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand"
  • synonyms: premise
• Furnish with a preface or introduction.
  • usage: "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
  • synonyms: precede, preface, premise, introduce
• Take something as preexisting and given.
  • synonyms: premise, premiss