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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The automaker's new world headquarters, designed by global architectural firm Snøhetta with global design and engineering consultancy firm Arcadis, will be located about a mile west of its current world headquarters building.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Many are still early in their adoption journey, with only 29% using AI or machine learning at the factory or network level, and just one out of four having deployed generative AI at that scale, according to a survey of 600 executives from large manufacturing companies by consultancy Deloitte.
—John Kell, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
Erik Huberman is founder and CEO of Hawke Media, a full-service marketing consultancy, and author of The Hawke Method.
—Erik Huberman, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Michler launched Phase 20, her own global career consultancy, after over a decade in corporate sales.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
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Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Many are still early in their adoption journey, with only 29% using AI or machine learning at the factory or network level, and just one out of four having deployed generative AI at that scale, according to a survey of 600 executives from large manufacturing companies by consultancy Deloitte.
—John Kell, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
Erik Huberman is founder and CEO of Hawke Media, a full-service marketing consultancy, and author of The Hawke Method.
—Erik Huberman, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Michler launched Phase 20, her own global career consultancy, after over a decade in corporate sales.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Consultancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consultancy. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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