headquarters+(hq)+es

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• Headquarters — (HQ) denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are concentrated. The corporate headquarters is the entity at the top of a corporation taking full responsibility managing all business activities. In …   Wikipedia

• headquarters — head‧quar‧ters [ˈhedˌkwɔːtəz, ˌhedˈkwɔːtəz ǁ ɔːrtərz] noun [plural] PROPERTY the head office or main building of an organization: • The company moved its corporate headquarters to Houston. * * * headquarters UK US /ˈhedˌkwɔːtəz/ noun [C] (plural… …   Financial and business terms

• headquarters — can legitimately be used either as a singular (a large headquarters in Paris) or as a plural (The firm s headquarters are in Paris). The singular more often denotes the physical premises and the plural the institution in its broader sense …   Modern English usage

• Headquarters — Head quar ters ( kw[add]r t[ e]rz), n. pl. [but sometimes used as a n. sing.] 1. The quarters or place of residence of any chief officer, as the general in command of an army, or the head of a police force; the place from which orders or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• headquarters — I noun base, base camp, base of authority, base of operations, center, center of authority, center of operations, central station, chief office, distributing center, home base, home office, main office, manager s office, praetorium, residence,… …   Law dictionary

• headquarters — 1640s, from HEAD (Cf. head) (adj.) + QUARTERS (Cf. quarters). Headquarter as a verb is recorded from 1903 …   Etymology dictionary

• Headquarters — The national USPS unit that directs administration, policy, and operations. It is located at 475 L Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC 20260 0001. (Compare with area anddistrict) …   Glossary of postal terms

• headquarters — [n] center of operations base, base of operations, central station, command post, company headquaters, high command, HQ, main office, nerve center; concepts 312,439,441,448,449 …   New thesaurus

• headquarters — ► NOUN (treated as sing. or pl. ) 1) the managerial and administrative centre of an organization. 2) the premises of a military commander and their staff …   English terms dictionary

• headquarters — [hed′kwôrt΄ərz] pl.n. [with sing. or pl. v.] 1. the main office, or center of operations and control, of anyone in command, as in an army or police force 2. the main office or center of control in any organization headquarter vt …   English World dictionary

• headquarters — 01. My dad has just gotten a job in his company s [headquarters] in Indianapolis, so we re going to move in a couple of months. 02. The company has branches in cities all over the world, but their [headquarters] are located in New York. 03. The… …   Grammatical examples in English