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.
Example Sentences
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The Tata group has topped India's most valuable brand list by valuation consultancy Brand Finance since 2018, according to the group's website.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Sara Holoubek is the founding partner of Luminary Labs, a strategy and innovation consultancy, an independent board director and angel investor.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Two-thirds of town centre experts think there is still 20% to 40% too much retail space, according to a survey by retail body Revo and real estate consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Daniel Kritenbrink, a former US official now with The Asia Group consultancy, said there's "no doubt that both leaders would like to see stability in the relationship, at least through the end of the year."
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 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
A cottage industry of charities and consultancies have cropped up to help claimants navigate the benefits claim system, which can be both byzantine and, critics say, gamable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
“The shift towards fixed-fee and value-based billing has put considerable pressure on consultancies to produce more output,” said GPTZero CEO Edward Tian.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
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
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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