headquarter

verb

head·​quar·​ter ˈhed-ˌkwȯ(r)-tər 

-ˌkȯr-, 

(ˈ)hed-ˈkwȯ(r), 

-ˈkȯr-

headquartered; headquartering; headquarters

transitive verb

: to place in headquarters

… separated the players from their wives, headquartering them in a separate hotel …

—Jeff Duncan

intransitive verb

: to make one's headquarters

decided to headquarter in Seattle

Examples of headquarter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Full Scale, a software staffing firm headquartered in Leawood, pulled together government data, public earnings filings, and a stack of industry surveys into its 2026 State of IT Staffing report. — Felysha Walker, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026

The growing crime has also forced regional countries to strengthen collaboration through the Amazon International Police Cooperation Center, headquartered in the Brazilian city of Manaus. — Gabriela Sa Pessoa, Fortune, 24 July 2026

The World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization, headquartered in Shanghai, is made up of 29 countries including Russia, Pakistan and Indonesia. — Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 23 July 2026

Populous, the sports architecture firm headquartered there, spent over a year designing the 18-day free FIFA Fan Festival on the historic South Lawn of the National WWI Museum and Memorial. — Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Rhymes for headquarter

• colporteur
• exporter
• importer
• reporter
• supporter
• transporter
• mortar
• quarter
• shorter
• sorter