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headquarter

verb
head·​quar·​ter | \ ˈhed-ËŒkwȯ(r)-tÉ™r How to pronounce headquarter (audio) , -ËŒkȯr-, (ˈ)hed-ˈkwȯ(r), -ˈkȯr-\
headquartered; headquartering; headquarters

Definition of headquarter

intransitive verb

: to make one's headquarters

Examples of headquarter in a Sentence

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The 40-story building is undergoing a major renovation after Starwood Capital Group, headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, bought it from Wells Fargo in 2017 for $188 million. oregonlive, "Wells Fargo Center, Oregon’s tallest skyscraper, closed due to flooding," 29 Aug. 2019 Invista Maker of fibers, fabrics, polymers, and chemicals, headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. Ephrat Livni, Quartz, "This is the Koch Brothers empire," 23 Aug. 2019 Some others just draw a check from a sneaker company headquartered in our state. oregonlive.com, "Canzano: Something not quite right in this Nike-Adidas basketball corruption equation," 15 Aug. 2019 Medica is a nonprofit health insurer headquartered in Minnesota with customers here and in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Christopher Magan, Twin Cities, "Minnesota insurer Medica to cap customers’ insulin costs at $25 a month," 6 Aug. 2019 The Raptors’ jerseys currently bear a patch sponsored by Sun Life Financial, a company headquartered in Toronto. Dan Gartland, SI.com, "Drake Raps About Sponsoring Raptors Jerseys on Rick Ross Song," 26 July 2019 The Royalty Network, headquartered in New York with a creative office and studio complex in L.A., was founded in 1994 and has built a formidable reputation for its administration, copyright protection and creative services across North America. Christian Saralegui, Billboard, "Publishing Briefs: LOCASH Signs With BMG Nashville, Cooking Vinyl Teams With The Royalty Network & More," 26 July 2019 The United Nations organization headquartered in Kingston, Jamaica, is charged with promoting the mining of the ocean floor while, contradictorily, ensuring its protection. Todd Woody, National Geographic, "Do we know enough about the deep sea to mine it?," 24 July 2019 FireEye said the group targets organizations primarily headquartered in the United States, Saudi Arabia, and South Korea. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, "Microsoft warns 10,000 customers they’re targeted by nation-sponsored hackers," 18 July 2019

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First Known Use of headquarter

1838, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

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