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 company, headquartered in Sheffield, England, now operates in multiple countries across the globe, with a 65,000-foot manufacturing facility in Aurora. — Jane Miller, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026

Susan Thomas is founder and CEO of 10Fold, a communications agency headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices across the United States. — Susan Thomas, Forbes.com, 12 Nov. 2026

Under Initiative 194, Montana would strip corporations, trade associations, labor unions and nonprofits, including those headquartered elsewhere, of the legal power to spend money influencing elections in the state. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026

The inquiry was unexpected because OPay, headquartered in Singapore, generates 90% of its revenue in Nigeria and has no operating business or revenue in mainland China. — Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 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