headquarter

verb

head·​quar·​ter ˈhed-ˌkwȯ(r)-tər How to pronounce headquarter (audio)
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(ˈ)hed-ˈkwȯ(r)
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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

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Established May 1, VS Studio SNK is headquartered in Tokyo and is expected to become a consolidated subsidiary of SNK. Jennifer Maas, Variety, 12 May 2026 Sutter Health is headquartered in Sacramento. Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 12 May 2026 As of Tuesday, GameStop, headquartered in Texas, has a market cap of $10 billion. Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026 Named after a readymade by French artist Marcel Duchamp, the gallery was founded in 1990 in Nice, headquartered in Paris since 1994, and located in the Romainville suburb since 2019. Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 12 May 2026 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 18 May. 2026.

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