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.

—Michael Sheils McNamee

2

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

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

Chief Purpose Officer, Conspiracy of Love, a global purpose consultancy advising Fortune500 companies and iconic brands. —Afdhel Aziz, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024

Rystad Energy, a consultancy, has forecasted that the demand for natural gas will likely double by 2040. —Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024

Happiness and quality of life are rarely considerations, said Piero Turk, founder of Envelope Srl, an Italian design consultancy. —Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 30 Oct. 2024

Last fall, the school hired an outside consultancy to review programs with low enrollment rates, leading to reccomended cuts of foreign language minors and humanities majors. —Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024

Word History

Etymology

see consult entry 1

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined at sense 1