consultancy
noun
con·sul·tan·cy
kən-ˈsəl-tᵊn(t)-sē 
plural consultancies
1
: the act or an instance of consulting : consultation
Imagine finding out that you were about to have four children. For Amanda Rogers, that is exactly what she was told during a consultancy in the early part of her pregnancy.—
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a
: an agency that provides consulting services
The company has hired an excellent marketing consultancy.
b
: the services provided by a consultancy or a consultant
Grants of £500 will also be made available for business support or consultancy [=consultation] for property owners seeking specialist advice on bringing their building back into commercial use.—Sean Doherty and Andy Robinson
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c
chiefly British
: the position of a consultant
The doctor was offered a consultancy at the municipal hospital.
She left her position with the company to move into consultancy [=consulting].
Examples of consultancy in a Sentence
The company has hired an excellent marketing consultancy.
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—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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—John Kell, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Hopkinson has been running his own script consultancy for several years, Expanded Media, and is known as one of the most experienced drama makers in the UK, having worked on the likes of The Bitter End and Wallander.
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In such extreme moves, there might be too much danger for the financial markets, which could interpret such rate cuts as more politically driven and not exclusively economically based, said Shawn DuBravac, CEO and president at the Avrio Institute, a strategic consultancy.
—Nick Thomas, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
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Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Financial advisory and consultancy Deloitte has inked a deal to bring the AI assistant Claude to the firm's more than 470,000 employees globally, a rollout that CNBC reports is the largest-ever enterprise deployment for the AI startup.
—John Kell, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Hopkinson has been running his own script consultancy for several years, Expanded Media, and is known as one of the most experienced drama makers in the UK, having worked on the likes of The Bitter End and Wallander.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025
In such extreme moves, there might be too much danger for the financial markets, which could interpret such rate cuts as more politically driven and not exclusively economically based, said Shawn DuBravac, CEO and president at the Avrio Institute, a strategic consultancy.
—Nick Thomas, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Consultancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consultancy. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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