"consultancy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kənˈsʌltənsi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-consultancy.wav Forms: consultancies [plural]
Etymology: From consultant + -cy or consult + -ancy. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|consultant|cy}} consultant + -cy, {{suffix|en|consult|ancy}} consult + -ancy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} consultancy (countable and uncountable, plural consultancies)
  1. A consultant or consulting firm. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (consulting firm): konsulttiyhtiö (Finnish), cabinet de conseil [masculine] (French), société de conseil [feminine] (French), consulenza [feminine] (Italian), firma konsultingowa [feminine] (Polish), consultoria [feminine] (Portuguese), cunzulenza [feminine] (Sicilian)
    Sense id: en-consultancy-en-noun-1gCOjXWZ Disambiguation of 'consulting firm': 92 8
  2. The services offered by a consultant. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-consultancy-en-noun-31wRjv~b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ancy, English terms suffixed with -cy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Sicilian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ancy: 36 64 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cy: 36 64 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: e-consultancy

Inflected forms

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