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head office

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The main administrative centre for a company or organisation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

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21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 總部 /总部 (zǒngbù) — main admin centre
  • Danish: hovedkontor — main admin centre
  • Dutch: hoofdkantoor — main admin centre
  • Finnish: pääkonttori — main admin centre
  • French: agence centrale — main admin centre
  • Georgian: სათავო ოფისი (satavo opisi) — main admin centre
  • Georgian: მთავარი ოფისი (mtavari opisi) — main admin centre
  • German: Hauptsitz — main admin centre
  • Irish: ardoifig — main admin centre
  • Irish: príomhoifig — main admin centre
  • Italian: amministrazione — main admin centre
  • Italian: direzione — main admin centre
  • Japanese: 本社 (honsha) — main admin centre
  • Japanese: 本部 (honbu) — main admin centre
  • Khmer: ការិយាល័យធំ (kaare’yaalay thom) — main admin centre
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hovedkontor — main admin centre
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hovudkontor — main admin centre
  • Portuguese: matriz — main admin centre
  • Russian: гла́вный о́фис (glávnyj ófis) — main admin centre
  • Swedish: huvudkontor — main admin centre
  • Telugu: ప్రధాన కార్యాలయం (pradhāna kāryālayaṁ) — main admin centre