All 6 Uses of
premise
in
Harry Potter (#5) and the Order of the Phoenix
- 'Well, we haven't had a chance to get premises yet,' said Fred, dropping his voice even lower as Mrs Weasley mopped her brow with her scarf before returning to the attack, 'so we're running it as a mail-order service at the moment.†
Chpt 6
- You're going to need all the ingredients and materials — and premises too, I suppose…"†
Chpt 12
- Our new premises!†
Chpt 29 *
- But I'm sure she won't, I mean, if it's really true they've got premises in Diagon Alley, they must have been planning this for ages.'†
Chpt 30
- 'Yeah, but that's another thing, how did they get premises?' said Ron, hitting his teacup so hard with his wand that its legs collapsed again and it lay twitching before him.†
Chpt 30
- It seemed she had crept out of the hospital wing during dinnertime, evidently hoping to depart undetected, but unfortunately for her, she met Peeves on the way, who seized his last chance to do as Fred had instructed, and chased her gleefully from the premises whacking her alternately with a walking stick and a sock full of chalk.†
Chpt 38
Definition:
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(premise as in: the premise of the argument) something assumed to be true and upon which other things are based