ˌhɛd.ˈkwɔː.təz ˈhɛd.ˌkwɔɹ.təz (h)əʊm hoʊm ˈhjuːm (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise many companies have their headquarters in New York (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score he ruled that the runner failed to touch home