headquarter

verb

head·​quar·​ter ˈhed-ˌkwȯ(r)-tər 

-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

Recent Examples on the Web

Siemens Healthineers is a medical technology company headquartered in Erlangen, Germany, and employs 74,000 people worldwide. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Massy Group, founded and headquartered in Trinidad, employs more than 13,000 people across nearly 60 companies in the Caribbean. — Panorama Media Ltd, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026

But billionaires have a lot of other assets, held in many ways—outright ownership, partnerships, special companies officially headquartered elsewhere. — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

Fox News Digital reached out to The Meat Institute, headquartered in Virginia, and The American Association of Meat Processors, based in Pennsylvania, for comment. — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Rhymes for headquarter

• colporteur
• exporter
• importer
• reporter
• supporter
• transporter
• mortar
• quarter
• shorter
• sorter