headquarter

verb

head·​quar·​ter ˈhed-ˌkwȯ(r)-tər 

-ˌkȯr-,

(ˈ)hed-ˈkwȯ(r),

-ˈkȯr-

headquartered; headquartering; headquarters

transitive verb

: to place in headquarters

intransitive verb

: to make one's headquarters

Examples of headquarter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The park is headquartered at the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge, a 500-acre historic wilderness resort. —Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025

Even the mighty United States learned that lesson the hard way over the 22 years from 1949 to 1971, when Washington pretended that the Nationalist regime headquartered in Taipei constituted the legitimate government of mainland China. —David Frum, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2025

There’s owner Joe Ghattas, a former car dealer who over 10 years turned a side hustle souping up Jeeps into a multimillion-dollar business headquartered in a $10.7 million plant near the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Powerline Road. —Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2025

The National Bison Association is headquartered in Westminster. —Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 7 Aug. 2025

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