Definition of Consultancy

1. Noun. The practice of giving expert advice within a particular field. "A business management consultancy"

Generic synonyms: Practice
Derivative terms: Consultant

Definition of Consultancy

1. Noun. A consultant or consulting firm. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Consultancy

1. [n -CIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Consultancy

consul
consulage
consulages
consular
consularity
consulary
consulate
consulates
consuls
consulship
consulships
consult
consulta
consultable
consultancies
consultancy (current term)
consultand
consultant
consultantese
consultants
consultantship
consultantships
consultary
consultas
consultation
consultations
consultative
consultatory
consulted
consultee

Literary usage of Consultancy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Trade and Structural Adjustment: Embracing Globalisation by OECD Staff (2005)
"Forrester Research (November, 2002) 3.3 Million US Services Jobs to Go Offshore Research and consultancy company By 2015, an estimated 3.3 million US ..."

2. Capital (1888)
"TECHNICAL consultancy is no longer a queer and quixotic concept in India. The credit for popularising it, to a certain extent, goes to the Metallurgical and ..."

3. Globalisation and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). by Chris Hall, Marie-Florence Estimé, Anna Creti (1997)
"Provides 50 per cent subsidy to firms for consultancy. ... Provide education, consultancy and advisory services to SMEs through institutes in cities ..."

4. Strategic Business Services by Marian Murphy, Graham Vickery (1999)
"generated 72% of turnover in 1994, with software consultancy and supply ... Turnover for management consultancy services was four times higher than turnover ..."

5. Emerging World Cities in Pacific Asia by Fu-chen Lo, Yue-man Yeung (1996)
"Along these lines, table 9.7 breaks down the number of business and consultancy firms by size classes defined according to the number of technical ..."

6. The Politics of Trade and Industrial Policy in Africa: Forced Consensus? by Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Michael Osita Ogbu, Ha-Joon Chang (2004)
"The National Productivity Board provided management advice and consultancy to SMEs. The Technology Development Centre helped local firms to identify their ..."

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