Meanings
nounhead office (plural head offices)
plural head offices
- The main administrative centre for a company or organisation.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 總部 /总部
- 總部 /总部 (zǒngbù)main admin centre
Danish hovedkontor
- hovedkontormain admin centre
Dutch hoofdkantoor
- hoofdkantoormain admin centre
Finnish pääkonttori
- pääkonttorimain admin centre
French agence centrale
- agence centralemain admin centre
German Hauptsitz
- Hauptsitzmain admin centre
Irish ardoifig, príomhoifig
- ardoifigmain admin centre
- príomhoifigmain admin centre
Italian amministrazione, direzione
- amministrazionemain admin centre
- direzionemain admin centre
Japanese 本社, 本部
- 本社 (honsha)main admin centre
- 本部 (honbu)main admin centre
Norwegian Bokmål hovedkontor
- hovedkontormain admin centre
Portuguese matriz
- matrizmain admin centre
Russian гла́вный о́фис
- гла́вный о́фис (glávnyj ófis)main admin centre
Swedish huvudkontor
- huvudkontormain admin centre
Cite this entry
APA
head office. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/head%20office
MLA
“head office.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/head%20office. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “head office,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/head%20office.
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