on premises

idiom

: inside a building or on the area of land that it is on
Full meals are available at restaurant on premises.
No smoking on premises.

Examples of on premises in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This data center is located on premises shared by IBM Research and IBM Germany. Paul Smith-Goodson, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024 Customers with more sensitive IP requirements, such as government agencies, may choose to build sovereign AI, which taps into its nation’s data and infrastructure operated and maintained on premises. Clint Boulton, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024 This ensures seamless and efficient data flow across various cloud services and on premises. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024 Moreover, only 20% of contact centers are in the cloud, 80% are still on premises, and on-premise contact centers cannot use AI without converting to the cloud. Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for on premises 

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“On premises.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20premises. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.

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