Building vs. Premises — What's the Difference?

A building, or edifice, is a structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory. Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, and aesthetic reasons.

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".In this sense, the word is always used in the plural, but singular in construction.

A structure with a roof and walls, such as a house or factory.

A proposition upon which an argument is based or from which a conclusion is drawn.

The action or trade of constructing something

One of the propositions in a deductive argument.

A flock of rooks

Either the major or the minor proposition of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.

Something that is built, as for human habitation; a structure.

Land, the buildings on it, or both the land and the buildings on it.

The act, process, art, or occupation of constructing.

A building or particular portion of a building.

(uncountable) The act or process by which something is built; construction.

(Law) The part of a deed that states the details of the conveyance of the property.

(countable) A closed structure with walls and a roof.

To provide a basis for; base

Present participle of build

To state or assume as a proposition in an argument.

The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing.

To state in advance as an introduction or explanation.

The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture.

Plural of premise

That which is built; a fabric or edifice constructed, as a house, a church, etc.

(plural only) land, and all the built structures on it, especially when considered as a single place.

A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place;

The subject of a conveyance or deed

The act of constructing or building something;

Land and buildings together considered as a place of business;

The commercial activity involved in constructing buildings;

The occupants of a building;