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head office Definition In English

0 the most important office of an organization or company, or the people working there:
- Head office have asked for a report.
- Paul was transferred to our head office in Chicago.
1 the main office of an organization or company:
- head office jobs/costs/cuts They plan to cut 750 head office jobs.
- The group's head office is relocating to Manchester.
2 the management team who work at a head office:
- The budget needs to be referred to head office for final approval.

A directive comes from head office indicating that there is no time to allow people to take part in local community activities.
Very often the head office is miles from the factory works, and the factory itself may be situated in two or three different places.
Will the definition of a head office cover "manufacturing" if the main occupation of the enterprise is manufacturing?
It will prevent anyone from offering conveyancing services from his head office without establishing face-to-face contact between the conveyancer and the client.
If that is so, you run the risk of causing such a firm to transfer its head office.
It is one of the few major companies whose head office remains in the north-east, although for how long remains to be seen.
They are not so subjected, unless they are-residing in this country or have the head office of their undertaking here.
It may also decide to move its head office to that area.