headquarter

verb

head·​quar·​ter ˈhed-ˌkwȯ(r)-tər How to pronounce headquarter (audio)
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(ˈ)hed-ˈkwȯ(r)
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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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AeroMexico and AeroMexico Connect have canceled 62% and 75% of flights of flights to PVR, and Volaris, headquartered in Mexico City, has canceled 95% of its flights to PVR. S.e. Jenkins, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026 The regional carrier, which is headquartered in Irving, also requested that the exemption be approved for at least two years, the document states. Jordan Parker aviation, Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026 In October the campaign to stop the restructuring was dealt a blow when the attorneys general in California, where OpenAI is headquartered, and in Delaware, where it’s incorporated, approved its new structure. Tom Dotan, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026 The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. Keith Laing, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026 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 26 Feb. 2026.

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