consultancy

[ kuhn-suhl-tn-see ]

noun

, plural con·sult·an·cies.

1. the state of being a consultant; the position of a consultant:

   a consultancy with a government agency.

2. a person or firm that provides consulting consulting advice or services.
3. consultation ( defs 1, 2 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of consultancy¹

consult + -ancy

Example Sentences

According to Jamin Warren, founder of the strategic consultancy Twofivesix, that shift has come more on the brand side than on the gaming side.

From Digiday

National drowning data are difficult to come by, but statistics compiled by Total Aquatic Programming, an aquatics consultancy that has tallied drownings since 2008, tabulated fewer child drownings in 2020 compared to 2019.

From Time

In its World Economic League Table, the consultancy also calculated that China could become a high-income economy as soon as 2023.

From Fortune

The FTC, meanwhile, took aim at Facebook almost immediately after concluding an investigation into the company over its entanglement with Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy, that forced the tech giant to pay a $5 billion penalty.

From Washington Post

They were all entry-level positions in all kinds of companies, from consultancies to financial service providers.

From Fortune

Robert Lawrence runs a digital media consultancy in Michigan.

From The Daily Beast

Western democrats became hypocrites in the face of consultancy contracts or low-cost oil and gas.

From The Daily Beast

He will continue to work at the brand consultancy companies he co-founded, Announcement and The Anonymous Partner.

From The Daily Beast

After a radical restructuring—and a round of debt-forgiveness from the FDIC—the consultancy survived.

From The Daily Beast

For her part, Sander launched a fashion consultancy and recently ended a collaboration with the Japanese mass merchant Uniqlo.

From The Daily Beast