Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun plural The offices of a commander, as of a military unit, from which orders are issued.
  • noun plural A center of operations or administration.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • The quarters or place of residence, permanent or temporary, of the commander-in-chief of an army.
  • The residence of any military chief, or the place from which his orders are issued.
  • Hence The place where one chiefly resides or carries on business.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural 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 instructions are issued; hence, the center of authority or order.
  • noun plural The main office from which an organization such as a commercial enterprise is managed; -- usually where the chief executive officer works.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff.
  • noun The center of an organization's operations or administration.
  • noun A place of concentrated activity or influence.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun (plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff
  • noun the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command
  • noun (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise

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  • The main headquarters is based in the United Kingdom.

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  • The label headquarters in Nashville doubles as a combination record store/performance venue,...

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  • The main headquarters is based in the United Kingdom.

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  • The label headquarters in Nashville doubles as a combination record store/performance venue, and serves as ground zero for Mr. White's various insane projects including but not limited to: Mechanical Monkeys that play unreleased music, inventing new types of vinyl, and shenanigans with one Conan O'Brien.

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  • If you'd like a Bush Must Go sign, their headquarters is at 115 The Commons, Ithaca, above Autumn Leaves bookstore.

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  • With a tilt of her chin at its dulness, a wave of her hand at its narrowness, and eyes closed to its happy content, she had gone back to London and reopened the house which had become known for her sharp wit, her freedom of speech, and her disregard of persons who had for commendation but inherited position; and there for years had what she called headquarters, but never thought of or spoke of as home.

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  • We had a number of suspects in the basement, and some detectives were going to start to process these people, so we needed some time and I called headquarters and asked Codd to send two busloads of recruits.

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