Definition of headquarter
transitive verb
: to place in headquarters
intransitive verb
: to make one's headquarters
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When the vast Hoffman Estates headquarters known as Prairie Stone opened in 1992, the Lombard resident set up office there.
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Humana, headquartered in Louisville, Ky., has about 750,000 members in South Florida.
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Three other members of the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, headquartered in Tupelo, were injured in the incident the National Training Center at Fort Irwin.
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For Charlotte, the Park Sterling and Capital Bank deals, both set to close by the fourth quarter, add to the loss of banks headquartered in the city.
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Pitchfork was founded in 1996 by Minnesota native Ryan Schreiber, who quickly relocated the publication to Chicago, where it is still headquartered.
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Social Bicycles, headquartered in New York City: The company began overseeing a bike-sharing rental program in Sacramento and West Sacramento on May 18.
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In 1992, Westco was sold to CSM, a century-old sugar processing company from Holland that’s grown into a baking supply behemoth now headquartered in the suburbs of Atlanta.
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Erol’s, headquartered in Springfield, Virginia, boasts 293,000 customers; UltraNet, based in Boston, has 32,000.
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1838
First Known Use of headquarter
1838
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