headquarter

verb

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

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The $8 billion merger with All3Media completed last month resulting in the behemoth Banijay Entertainment, which is headquartered in London and jointly owned by the Banijay Group and RedBird IMI, with each holding a 50% stake. — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026 The company is headquartered in uptown and manages multiple parking facilities in Charlotte in uptown, South End and NoDa. — Charlotte Observer, 25 Aug. 2026 The DeBartolo and York families have maintained ties to southeast Ohio, where the DeBartolo Corporation is headquartered in Boardman, about 5 miles south of Youngstown and 15 miles north of East Palestine. — Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2026 That’s the premise behind CentraLife, a life insurance and wealth-strategy firm headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan. — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for headquarter

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

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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 1 Sep. 2026.

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