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head·quar·ter [ héd kwàwrtər ] (past and past participle head·quar·tered, present participle head·quar·ter·ing, 3rd person present singular head·quar·ters)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive verb provide with base: to provide somebody with a center of operations
They headquartered their office in a former barracks.

2. intransitive verb be based: to set up a headquarters
She headquartered in Paris.

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