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.
Recent Examples on the Web
More cloud storage is also valuable for Apple’s creative class, says Carolina Milanesi, founder of the technology research and consultancy firm The Heart of Tech.
—Lauren Goode, WIRED, 12 Sep. 2023
In 2022, sales of electric vehicles surged nearly 70 percent to 7.7 million, surpassing those of hybrid-electric vehicles for the first time as demand skyrocketed in China, according to IDTechEx, a market research consultancy.
—Ben Dooley, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2023
In the Fortune 500, 47 CEOs have management consultancies on their résumés, but only three arrived in the C-suite straight from those firms—and none went straight to CEO.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2023
Such conceptions, though, leave no room for vulnerability, said Mark Greene, founder of Remaking Manhood, a consultancy that works with organizations to help improve men’s professional relationships.
—Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2023
However, Michael Horowitz, an analyst who is the head of intelligence at Le Beck International, a security and risk management consultancy, was more cautious.
—Henry Austin, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2023
The screening was the first of a series of exclusive Q&A events curated by Variety in partnership with brand and culture consultancy BSBP targeted at BAFTA and AMPAS voters as well as key players in the showbiz community in the U.K., taking place at London’s The Cinema at Selfridges.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Aug. 2023
Annie Schmidt, an ecologist and Antarctica program director at the consultancy Point Blue Conservation Science, said this study yielded an important observation of regionwide breeding failure.
—Delger Erdenesanaa, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
Sgro is also a senior partner at the Atom Group, a cybersecurity consultancy based in Portsmouth that has worked with New Hampshire municipalities, including Peterborough.
—Amanda Gokee, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
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Lauren Goode, WIRED, 12 Sep. 2023
In 2022, sales of electric vehicles surged nearly 70 percent to 7.7 million, surpassing those of hybrid-electric vehicles for the first time as demand skyrocketed in China, according to IDTechEx, a market research consultancy.
—Ben Dooley, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2023
In the Fortune 500, 47 CEOs have management consultancies on their résumés, but only three arrived in the C-suite straight from those firms—and none went straight to CEO.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2023
Such conceptions, though, leave no room for vulnerability, said Mark Greene, founder of Remaking Manhood, a consultancy that works with organizations to help improve men’s professional relationships.
—Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2023
However, Michael Horowitz, an analyst who is the head of intelligence at Le Beck International, a security and risk management consultancy, was more cautious.
—Henry Austin, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2023
The screening was the first of a series of exclusive Q&A events curated by Variety in partnership with brand and culture consultancy BSBP targeted at BAFTA and AMPAS voters as well as key players in the showbiz community in the U.K., taking place at London’s The Cinema at Selfridges.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Aug. 2023
Annie Schmidt, an ecologist and Antarctica program director at the consultancy Point Blue Conservation Science, said this study yielded an important observation of regionwide breeding failure.
—Delger Erdenesanaa, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
Sgro is also a senior partner at the Atom Group, a cybersecurity consultancy based in Portsmouth that has worked with New Hampshire municipalities, including Peterborough.
—Amanda Gokee, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
see consult entry 1
First Known Use
1909, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Dictionary Entries Near consultancy
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“Consultancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consultancy. Accessed 26 Sep. 2023.
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