headquarterv.
/ˈhɛdˌk(w)ɔːtə/, U.S. /ˈhɛdˌkwɔrdər/, /ˌhɛdˈkwɔrdər/ 1. transitive. To provide with headquarters in a specified location; to base (an organization, group, etc.) in a particular place. Frequently in passive.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > quarter (troops) [verb (transitive)] > provide with headquarters
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [verb (passive)] > be provided with headquarters
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1838 Tait's Edinb. Mag. May 274/2 Small and isolated as was her native village, a detachment from a regiment, headquartered in a rather remote city, was to be found in it.
1879 Sci. News (Salem, Mass.) 1 Sept. 326/2 Fort Wool, where the Laboratory was head-quartered last year.
1920 Christian China May 453 The Y. M. C. A. can be employed to headquarter the dozen or more different Chinese organizations of Boston.
1971 W. Tucker This Witch (1972) v. 55 The refugee camps..are really terrorist camps as well. The Al Fatah are headquartered there.
1996 H. Marks Mr Nice (1998) ii. 39 My newly found friends decided to headquarter themselves in my room for the day.
2007 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 14 June iii. 6/3 Our plan is to keep the Board of Trade headquartered in Chicago and to headquarter ICE in Chicago.
2. intransitive. Originally U.S. To base oneself in a particular place; to establish or have one's headquarters in a specified location.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > office > [verb (intransitive)] > be provided with headquarters
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1876 Delaware (Ohio) Herald 28 Jan. 3/1 Horse buyers have been making things lively of late in this vicinity, there being not less than four headquartering in this city for a week past.
1910 Amer. Carpet & Upholstery Jrnl. 10 Apr. 54/1 Mr. Shrader will headquarter in the Hartford Building, New York, and succeeds to the position vacated by A. L. Carpenter.
1950 Billboard 23 Sept. 13/1 Capitol Records is expanding its sales organization with the opening of a sixth regional division headquartering in Dallas.
1975 Skiing Jan. 101/3 It's best to headquarter on the newer Kirchboden side of Wagrain, next to the Griesskar chair lift.
2012 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 29 Mar. 27 He is making the UK more attractive to overseas investors and this may lead to more businesses headquartering in the UK.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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