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.—
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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
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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.
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Watch on Deadline The BBC board has launched a workplace culture review to address these concerns, with consultancy Change Associates appointed to oversee the work.
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Content creators have honed in on its involvement with consultancy Sweet Baby Inc., which has been the target of an ongoing harassment campaign for advising studios on the representations of minority groups in their games.
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That was the topic of a discussion hosted by Sinem Celik, founder of the consultancy Blu Projects, last week at Kingpins Amsterdam.
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
Watch on Deadline The BBC board has launched a workplace culture review to address these concerns, with consultancy Change Associates appointed to oversee the work.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
Content creators have honed in on its involvement with consultancy Sweet Baby Inc., which has been the target of an ongoing harassment campaign for advising studios on the representations of minority groups in their games.
—Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
That was the topic of a discussion hosted by Sinem Celik, founder of the consultancy Blu Projects, last week at Kingpins Amsterdam.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Consultancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consultancy. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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