Meaning & use
premises address
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Meanings
nouncountableformalbusinesslaw
The official location of a building or property, especially as used for legal or business purposes.
Grammar: Countable: you can say 'a premises address' or 'the premises address'. It is often used in forms and contracts.
Patterns
- the premises address of something
- provide a premises address
- at the premises address
Please write your premises address on the application form, not your home address.
The company moved to a new premises address last month.
For legal notices, you must use the premises address of the registered office.
nouncountablebusiness
The address of a place where a business operates or where an event takes place.
Grammar: Countable: often used with 'the' when referring to a specific location.
Patterns
- the premises address for something
- change the premises address
The premises address for the concert is 123 Main Street.
We need to update the premises address in our database.
Word forms
| plural | premises addresses |
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Common combinations
- registered premises address
- The registered premises address must be a physical location, not a PO box.
- business premises address
- Please provide your business premises address for the invoice.
- change of premises address
- We filed a change of premises address with the city council.
- premises address on file
- The premises address on file is outdated; please confirm it.
Synonyms and how they differ
- business address
- Similar, but 'business address' can also refer to a mailing address, while 'premises address' emphasizes the physical location of the building.
- location address
- Broader term; 'location address' can be used for any place, not just a building or property.
Word family
Commonly confused: premises address or premise?
premises address vs premise
A 'premise' is an idea or statement that you assume to be true; 'premises' (plural) refers to a building and its land. 'Premises address' uses the plural form.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'premises address' correctly?
Choose one answer.
Option 0 correctly uses 'premises address' as a noun phrase meaning the location of a building. Option 1 confuses 'premises' with 'premise' (an idea). Option 2 uses 'premises' as a verb, which is incorrect. Option 3 has a subject-verb agreement error: 'address' is singular, so it should be 'is', but the phrase itself is also awkward.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “premises address”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.