headquarter

[ hed-kwawr-ter, -kwaw- ]

verb (used with object)

1. to situate in headquarters.

verb (used without object)

1. to establish one's headquarters.

headquarter

/ ˌhɛdˈkwɔːtə /

verb

1. informal.
   to place in or establish as headquarters

Word History and Origins

Origin of headquarter¹

Back formation from headquarters

Example Sentences

But Lazarus, a respected veteran inside NBCUniversal, tried to keep an optimistic tone when addressing staff, according to one attendee at the meeting at the network’s Rockefeller Center headquarters in New York.

From Los Angeles Times

The cuts, which impact about a quarter of its 350-strong workforce, have predominantly impacted its London design headquarters, as well as some Somerset office workers.

From BBC

“This is the epicenter of a rebirth of freedom,” McCoy said from the Phoenix headquarters of Kirk’s organization, Turning Point USA.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr Wong was among thousands who held a 15-hour siege of police headquarters in the Wan Chai district, pelting the building with eggs and spraying graffiti on its walls, in June that year.

From BBC

Ukraine has already used them against Russian-occupied Crimea - for example hitting Russia’s Black Sea naval headquarters at Sevastopol.

From BBC