noun
pl. -·cies- the act or business of providing professional or technical advice
- Chiefly Brit. a consulting firm
- the position of a consultant
noun
The definition of consultancy is the practice or profession of giving expert advice, especially within a particular field.
When an accountant offers expert accounting advice to different businesses, this is an example of a consultancy.
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pl. con·sul·tan·cies- The act or an instance of consulting.
- A business or agency offering expert or professional advice in a field: opened a financial consultancy.
- A position as a consultant: accepted a three-year consultancy abroad.
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Sentence Examples
- While many solar companies will offer a consultancy service and work with customers creating a tailored service, there is often a charge for this.
- Then the web designer is asked to create one, even though the business may have no need for one - such as a law consultancy, for example.
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- consultancy
- consulships
- consult
- consultable