headquarters

• Centro administrativo principal de uma organização, de onde ela é dirigida; local onde fica a sua direção.

The main administrative centre and physical location where the leadership of a business, institution, or military unit operates and makes key decisions; also the people who work there.

incontável · plural irregular

1. The primary office where an organisation's senior management is based.B2formalbusiness

   The central administrative location from which the executives and top-level staff of a corporation, non-profit, or government agency coordinate operations and make strategic decisions, often housing departments such as finance, human resources, and marketing.

   Sede principal da organização

   • The company moved its main office to a new skyscraper downtown.
   • International staff flew in for a meeting at the organisation's central hub.
   • During the crisis, all key decisions came directly from the firm's operational base.
   • The building serves as the nerve centre for a chain of over 200 stores.
   • She was transferred to the London office that acts as the European command post.

   Sinônimoscentral officehome officemain office

2. The military command centre from which operations are directed.C1formal

   The central installation or staff element of a military leader, unit, or commander that exercises command and control over subordinate forces, providing orders, intelligence, and logistical support during both peacetime and combat situations.

   Quartel-general militar

   • The general coordinated the offensive from a secure bunker that served as the field command post.
   • Intelligence officers relayed reports to the division's tactical operations centre.
   • During the exercise, the temporary installation was set up near the border to oversee maneuvers.
   • All field units reported their positions to the main command post every hour.
   • The base has served as the regional military nerve centre for decades.

   Sinônimosbasecommand post

• Verbo usado para indicar a ação de estabelecer ou instalar a sede ou o centro principal de operações de uma organização. Também pode significar ter a sede ou o quartel-general em determinado local.

A verb used to indicate the act of establishing or locating the main office or center of operations for an organization.

1. Establish a main officeB2formal

   To set up or locate the main administrative center of an organization in a particular place.

   Estabelecer sede

   • The company decided to headquarter its operations in New York.
   • They will headquarter the new division in London.
   • The organization is headquartered in Geneva.

   Sinônimosbaseestablishlocatesituatestation