Definition

1. Verb:
   • To provide with headquarters; to establish the main administrative center of an organization in a specific place. This verb describes the action of locating or basing an organization's central offices or primary management in a particular location.

Usage

• The verb "headquarter" is typically used in the passive voice ("be headquartered") to describe where a company or organization has its main offices.
• It is a transitive verb, meaning it acts upon an object (the organization being provided with a headquarters).

Examples

• Verb:
  • The multinational corporation is headquartered in Switzerland.
  • They decided to headquarter the new division in Austin, Texas.
  • Several tech startups are headquartered in this office park.

Advanced Usage

• "to be headquartered in/at": This is the most common construction, indicating the location of an organization's main offices.
  • The research institute is headquartered at the university's science park.
• The verb can sometimes be used in the active voice, though this is less frequent.
  • The CEO announced plans to headquarter the European operations in Berlin.

Variants and Related Words

• Headquarters (noun): The main offices or central location of an organization.
  • The army's headquarters is in the capital.
• Headquartering (gerund/noun): The action of establishing a headquarters.
  • The headquartering of the agency in the city boosted the local economy.

Synonyms

• Base: To have as the main center of operations.
• Locate: To establish or situate in a particular place (often used in a similar passive construction: "is located in").

Notes

• "Headquarter" is a verb derived from the noun "headquarters." It is not used to describe a person's actions, only those of an organization or its leadership.
• Avoid confusing it with the noun form "headquarters," which is always plural in form but can be used with a singular or plural verb (e.g., "Headquarters is/are").

Verb

1. provide with headquarters
   • the compnay is headquartered in New Jersey