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

Recent Examples on the Web The California legislation stands since many of the biggest names exploring brain computer interfaces, like Neuralink and Meta, are headquartered within that jurisdiction. Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 18 Apr. 2024 The first Wawa Food Market opened on April 16, 1964 in Folsom, Pennsylvania and the company is currently headquartered in Wawa, Pennsylvania. Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024 The chain had its roots in Lemon City but now is headquartered in Jacksonville. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024 See below for the full list of generative AI companies headquartered in Europe and Israel ranked by funding, per Dealroom data. Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 15 Apr. 2024 Tesla’s 2015 deployment of its Autopilot software — standard on every vehicle — has led to a litany of regulatory and legal problems for the company formerly headquartered in Palo Alto and now based in Texas. Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024 After the incident, Kwon fled Singapore, where Terraform was headquartered, for Dubai and then Serbia. Joel Khalili, WIRED, 5 Apr. 2024 Following the merger, the combined company will be headquartered in Tampa, Florida, and the executive officers are expected to be James Bianco, MD as President and Chief Executive Officer, and Dan Dearborn, CPA as Chief Financial Officer. Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024 The business was headquartered in St. Louis until it was bought in 2017 by TD Ameritrade. Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

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“Headquarter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headquarter. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.

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