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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The supply chain of intelligence is changing—don’t wait for the big consultancies to catch up.
—John Sviokla, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
Most executives interviewed by KFF Health News — in the hospital, insurance, tech, and consultancy fields — were keen to emphasize that AI would complement humans, not replace them.
—Kff Health News, Mercury News, 23 May 2025
According to the consultancy’s research, willingness to spend has not yet contracted beyond tipping point.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 23 May 2025
The election, the third in as many years, was called one year into an AD minority government’s term after Montenegro failed to win a vote of confidence in March when the opposition questioned his integrity over dealings of his family’s consultancy firm.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
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John Sviokla, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
Most executives interviewed by KFF Health News — in the hospital, insurance, tech, and consultancy fields — were keen to emphasize that AI would complement humans, not replace them.
—Kff Health News, Mercury News, 23 May 2025
According to the consultancy’s research, willingness to spend has not yet contracted beyond tipping point.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 23 May 2025
The election, the third in as many years, was called one year into an AD minority government’s term after Montenegro failed to win a vote of confidence in March when the opposition questioned his integrity over dealings of his family’s consultancy firm.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
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“Consultancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consultancy. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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