headquarter

verb

head·​quar·​ter ˈhed-ˌkwȯ(r)-tər How to pronounce headquarter (audio)
-ˌkȯr-,
(ˈ)hed-ˈkwȯ(r),
-ˈkȯr-
headquartered; headquartering; headquarters

intransitive verb

: to make one's headquarters

Examples of headquarter in a Sentence

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The Santa Barbara location is where Sonos is headquartered. Chris Welch, The Verge, 13 Jan. 2025 Just over a third of the companies that responded are headquartered in the Europe, with 32% based in the U.S, 22% in Canada, 7% in the U.K. and Ireland, and 4% in Asia. Josie Cox, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025 Where will it be headquartered? Catalyst Brands will be headquartered at JCPenney's corporate location in Plano, Texas, while the company will have additional offices in New York, Los Angeles and Seattle, the release reads. Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025 Experian, a subsidiary of Experian plc, a data and analytics company headquartered in Dublin, is one of the nation’s three largest credit bureaus along with Equifax and Transunion. Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for headquarter 

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
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 20 Jan. 2025.

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