headquarter

American  

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

verb (used with object)

1. to situate in headquarters.

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verb (used without object)

1. to establish one's headquarters.

headquarter British  

/ ˌhɛdˈkwɔːtə /

verb

1. informal to place in or establish as headquarters

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Etymology

Origin of headquarter

Back formation from headquarters

Example Sentences

There were a number of "readings for slow growth before the war", he said in an interview at the United Nations' European headquarters in Geneva, "and this just... pushes us over the brink".

From Barron's

JBS, whose headquarters is in Brazil, is the world’s largest meatpacker and the top beef processor in the U.S. by volume.

From The Wall Street Journal

Alberto Echemendía, the head of the Communist Party in Morón, held a rally of “revolutionary reaffirmation” in front of the ransacked party headquarters.

From The Wall Street Journal

Last June, Powell testified before the Senate Banking Committee about cost overruns on the Fed’s $2.5 billion Washington headquarters renovation External link.

From Barron's

I’ll be holed up in a conference room at WSJ headquarters in New York with a crack team of my Features colleagues.

From The Wall Street Journal