consultancy

noun

con·sul·tan·cy | \ kən-ˈsəl-tᵊn(t)-sē

plural consultancies

Definition of consultancy

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.— Michael Sheils McNamee

2a : 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

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 Data from consultancy Turner & Townsend suggests that the cost of building data centers has risen in almost every market in recent years, and construction companies are advised to keep costs down. — Wired, 3 Aug. 2022 Alphapanda, a film marketing agency founded in 2011, will offer the winner a marketing consultancy and the creation of a pitch deck valued at €3,000 ($3.060). — Marta Balaga, Variety, 3 Aug. 2022 This is particularly evident in the country's wedding industry, which before the pandemic was worth around $50 billion a year, and second only to the United States, according to a 2017 report by consultancy KPMG. — Sujata Assomull, CNN, 1 Aug. 2022 Some arrive still dressed in slacks and flats for their internships at political consultancy or public interest firms. — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 13 July 2022 Before the war, almost three-quarters of Germany’s diesel imports came from Russia, data from the consultancy FGE Energy shows. — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 7 May 2022 By another measure, in 2018 the sector produced more than 2 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas — about 4% of the global total, research from consultancy McKinsey & Company shows. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2022 Ling Yeow was the runner-up in season 1 and has gone on to become the co-host of Snackmasters Similar to Yeow, Sarah Tiong has been able to pursue a career in food after studying law and working in risk consultancy. — Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 14 Apr. 2022 CEOs are getting anxious, according to a survey of 3,000 executives from the management consultancy AlixPartners. — Nicolás Rivero, Quartz, 28 Dec. 2021 See More

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