consultancy
Americannoun
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consultancies
plural
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the state of being a consultant; the position of a consultant.
a consultancy with a government agency.
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a person or firm that provides consulting advice or services.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of consultancy
Explanation
If it's your job to give advice about how to run a lemonade stand, you've started your own lemonade-selling consultancy, or a business that gives expert information about a particular field. Most consultancies have to do with the business world, as when a company that's trying to avoid harming the environment hires an environmental consultancy to provide expert tips about how to be more environmentally friendly. But any firm that's in the business of giving advice — whether to governments or schools or sports teams — can be described as a consultancy.
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The minimalist design gives vehicles a "sleek look and reduces wind drag" but can be confusing to use, car industry analyst Stephen Dyer from consultancy AlixPartners told the BBC.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
George Weiner, a nonprofits expert who runs the marketing consultancy Whole Whale, was made aware of Microsoft’s grant retractions from the very beginning, only by happenstance.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Organisations and people who have carried out the reviews included the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the Isle of Man's head of maternity, as well as consultancy firms.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Trustees are the institution’s fiduciaries and it is their responsibility to see that restricted funds are spent appropriately, said Ben Porter, founder of Principal Gift Strategies, a fundraising consultancy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
She is now running her own consultancy focused on helping foundations use film and media to tell their stories.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
The World Cup’s organizing body, Fédération Internationale de Football Association, or FIFA, and its partner consultancies estimate the tournament could generate up to $40.9 billion in global gross domestic product.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
The Five Eyes network alleged Chinese military intelligence operatives pose as recruiters from private consultancies and think tanks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
OpenAI in February partnered with consultancies McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, Accenture and Capgemini, allowing its engineering teams to work alongside those firms’ consultants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Eurasia Group is one of the world’s leading geopolitical risk consultancies and it ascribes a two-thirds probability to the pause in hostilities in the Strait of Hormuz holding.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 20, 2026
Together with major league consultancies, such as Baker-McKinsey, they coached Russian entrepreneurs and managers in the ways of the West.
From Crime and Corruption by Samuel Vaknin
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