headquarter

verb

head·​quar·​ter ˈhed-ˌkwȯ(r)-tər How to pronounce headquarter (audio)
-ˌkȯr-,
(ˈ)hed-ˈkwȯ(r),
-ˈkȯr-
headquartered; headquartering; headquarters

intransitive verb

: to make one's headquarters

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The exhibition is produced with assistance from the Museo Leonardo Da Vinci, a private institution headquartered in Rome at the Casa Poppolo. Douglas Markowitz, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025 Benzinga is a financial news and data company headquartered in Detroit. Benzinga, Freep.com, 18 Oct. 2025 New York Men’s Day was founded by Erin Hawker of Agentry PR, a marketing communications agency that was established in 2010 and is headquartered in New York City. Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025 Why would Apple, an American company headquartered in California, optimize for a relatively less common form of Spanish rather than the kind most likely to be spoken in and around the United States? Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for headquarter

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of headquarter was in 1838

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“Headquarter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headquarter. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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