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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Laura Holden, an AI lawyer and founder of the Bonsai AI and legal consultancy, said companies often do not understand how the tools work, which has the potential to cause "significant harm".
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
"France wildfires... and the world around us," Ian Bremmer, president of the political risk consultancy Eurasia Group, said on social media.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Jamie Stone is a packaging expert at global innovation consultancy PA Consulting.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Ms. Barker left campaign life for the more lucrative world of progressive consultancy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 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 program is currently launching with about 100 members, ranging from large professional-services firms like Accenture and Cognizant, to smaller consultancies and IT services companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 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
The SPS carried out two cost consultancies, which it says found the £998m cost was "typical for the industry."
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2025
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 Vaknin, Samuel
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