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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Monahan’s focus on reinventing IP for the YouTube generation is a new demand that is being met head on by Nicole Finnan, the former Peaky Blinders exec who now runs a consultancy, Jaeger Media, and was one of the many who contacted Beason after her RTS Cambridge appearance.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2026
The migration to big-screen streaming is significantly improving engagement, pricing leverage and ad yields, the consultancy says.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 Jan. 2026
Robert Muggah is also co-founder of SecDev, a cybersecurity and geopolitical risk consultancy, and a fellow at the Univeristy of Princeton.
—Robert Muggah, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
Among other things, conservatives accused the consultancy of operating as a multibillion-dollar dark money ATM for left-wing causes, allowing foreign money to flow into American politics, and blurring the lines between charitable work and political advocacy.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2026
The migration to big-screen streaming is significantly improving engagement, pricing leverage and ad yields, the consultancy says.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 Jan. 2026
Robert Muggah is also co-founder of SecDev, a cybersecurity and geopolitical risk consultancy, and a fellow at the Univeristy of Princeton.
—Robert Muggah, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
Among other things, conservatives accused the consultancy of operating as a multibillion-dollar dark money ATM for left-wing causes, allowing foreign money to flow into American politics, and blurring the lines between charitable work and political advocacy.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
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“Consultancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consultancy. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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