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headquarter

American  
[hed-kwawr-ter, -kwaw-] / ˈhɛdˌkwɔr tər, -ˌkwɔ- /

verb (used with object)

  • headquarters,
    present (3rd person singular)
  • headquartered,
    past participle,  past
  • headquartering
    present participle
  1. to situate in headquarters.


verb (used without object)

  • headquarters,
    present (3rd person singular)
  • headquartered,
    past participle,  past
  • headquartering
    present participle
  1. to establish one's headquarters.

headquarter British  
/ ˌhɛdˈkwɔːtə /

verb

  1. informal to place in or establish as headquarters

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of headquarter

Back formation from headquarters


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One of these new entrants is Venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, which said it was launching a new regional headquarter in South Florida to focus on defense investments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

It has also pointed to its decision to headquarter Great British Energy in Aberdeen and establish a national wealth fund to help unlock investment in renewables.

From BBC ● May 7, 2025

This would include, he wrote, “eliminating taxpayer funding for any new FBI headquarter facility and instead examining options for relocating the FBI’s headquarters outside of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.”

From Washington Times ● Jul. 11, 2023

His primary goal is securing a permanent, bricks-and-mortar building to headquarter WalkGood, doubling as a wellness center and creative studio for his WalkGood Productions film company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2023

We receive and send telegrams every hour either to a field post office or to headquarter staffs.

From The Postage Stamp in War by Fred. J. Melville

The advisors determined that Zuckerberg’s leadership presence at Meta headquarters was essential to the company’s success.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Meta said the share deal was appropriate to ensure Zuckerberg "remains working closely" with the company's AI at its headquarters.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Homeboy, which provides jobs for current and former gang members, plans to sell the T-shirts at its headquarters near Chinatown and at its diners at L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Sunday night, he attended a screening event at Netflix headquarters for “La Bola Negra,” a movie considered to be an Oscars contender.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

There, the general establishes a new headquarters in a network of underground tunnels.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

The holding group, founded by former Havas executive Anthony Freedman and headquartered in London, aims to offer creative founders an alternative to the private-equity firms circling the industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Boring Company and X are headquartered in Bastrop, SpaceX is near Brownsville and Tesla’s corporate headquarters is now in Austin.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

Outside the United States, access to the drug will be handled through a licensing agreement between Ionis Pharmaceuticals and Recordati, a major pharmaceutical company headquartered in Italy.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

This is an "opportunity" says Drew Buckley, chief executive at ESS Tech, headquartered in Oregon.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Allen was sent to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, and Infantry Regiment, headquartered north of Saigon.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

In 2015, Tranter established Bad Wolf, headquartering the company in Cardiff, where they now have seven soundstages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

And companies have exploited this benefit by incorporating or headquartering in states that are famously friendly toward corporate defendants, like Delaware and Virginia.

From Slate ● Jun. 28, 2023

Q: How did you end up headquartering the company in Spokane?

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2019

He conceded, however, that the practice of headquartering abroad to pay less in taxes is, for now, “technically legal.”

From Washington Times ● Jul. 24, 2014

Barclays will also hesitate to jump into the arms of the US's formidable regulators, reinforced by the new Dodd-Frank act along with America's litigation culture, by headquartering in New York.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2010

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