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

Google’s new spending in the country will cover a wide array of services, including science and health care research as well as its AI unit DeepMind, which is headquartered in London, according to a company statement on Tuesday. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025

TikTok is one of more than 100 apps developed by ByteDance, a technology firm founded in 2012 by Chinese entrepreneur Zhang Yiming and headquartered in Beijing's northwestern Haidian District. —Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025

Because Proton is headquartered in Switzerland, their servers there are also protected by some of Europe's most stringent privacy laws. —K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025

The company is headquartered in Detroit. —Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 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