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

The Micron Research Labs will be headquartered in Boise, Idaho, with a flagship campus designed to host hundreds of researchers. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026

Netflix — which is headquartered in Los Gatos — bought the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood in 2020 and turned it into not only a showcase for its own movies but classic screenings curated by American Cinematheque. — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026

The announcement comes after 7 Brew's 96-store trial run this past spring in Arkansas, where both the grocery giant and the coffee chain are headquartered. — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

That’s slightly less than half the cumulative emissions of Washington state, where both companies are headquartered. — Matt Day, Fortune, 18 Aug. 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