headquarters

siège social

Bureau ou bâtiment principal d’où l’on dirige une organisation.

En anglais simple : The main office or building from which an organisation is managed.

• Our headquarters is in London.
• The company moved its headquarters last year.
• Hundreds of people work at the international headquarters.

Comment l'utiliser : headquarters in somewhere (The company has its headquarters in Berlin.)

Synonymes : head office, main office

Expressions courantes : company headquarters, headquarters in somewhere, corporate headquarters

quartier général

Lieu où les chefs militaires et leur personnel dirigent les soldats et donnent les ordres.

En anglais simple : The place where military leaders and their staff direct soldiers and give orders.

• The general returned to headquarters.
• New orders arrived from army headquarters.
• Enemy planes attacked the military headquarters during the night.

Synonymes : command centre

Expressions courantes : army headquarters, military headquarters, report to headquarters