Index of English words, starting with "pr"

(1) - Premise (v. i.) To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.
(2) - Premise (n.) To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows; especially, to lay down premises or first propositions, on which rest the subsequent reasonings.
(3) - Premise (n.) To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
(4) - Premise (n.) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises.
(5) - Premise (n.) Matters previously stated or set forth; esp., that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.
(6) - Premise (n.) Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.
(7) - Premise (n.) A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

(1) - Premium (n.) A sum in advance of, or in addition to, the nominal or par value of anything; as, gold was at a premium; he sold his stock at a premium.
(2) - Premium (n.) A sum of money paid to underwriters for insurance, or for undertaking to indemnify for losses of any kind.
(3) - Premium (n.) Something offered or given for the loan of money; bonus; -- sometimes synonymous with interest, but generally signifying a sum in addition to the capital.
(4) - Premium (n.) A reward or recompense; a prize to be won by being before another, or others, in a competition; reward or prize to be adjudged; a bounty; as, a premium for good behavior or scholarship, for discoveries, etc.