consultancy
consultancy — noun
1. a business or organisation whose main purpose is to give expert advice to other
a business or organisation whose main purpose is to give expert advice to other companies, organisations, or individuals in a specific area of work — such as management, information technology, or marketing.
The management consultancy helped the retailer improve its supply chain.
collocation: management consultancy
Ezra joined an IT consultancy after working as a system administrator for six years.
collocation: IT consultancy
Talia's small marketing consultancy grew from two people to thirty in under five years.
The board decided to hire an external consultancy to review their finances.
Emre set up his own engineering consultancy in Istanbul with two business partners.
- consulting firm
essentially interchangeable, though slightly more formal in tone
- advisory firm
broader term that can include legal or financial advice, not necessarily management consulting
- advisory agency
less common; often refers to smaller or specialist advisory businesses
文法句型
[field] + consultancy
consultancy + that-clause
用法筆記
This sense is a countable noun, so you can talk about one consultancy or several consultancies. The type of expertise often appears before the word — for example, design consultancy, recruitment consultancy, or legal consultancy.
常見錯誤
2. the work or profession of providing paid expert advice to organisations, usually
the work or profession of providing paid expert advice to organisations, usually as an independent specialist working on a project basis rather than as a permanent employee of the client.
Constanza does freelance consultancy for several tech companies while finishing her PhD.
collocation: freelance consultancy
The IT team brought in a specialist to provide consultancy on their network security.
collocation: provide consultancy on
Gita enjoys consultancy work because it lets her work with different industries each month.
The consultancy project lasted six months and covered every part of the company's operations.
Apinya offered pro bono consultancy to non-profit organisations in Bangkok.
- consulting
slightly more general and can be used as an adjective ('consulting work') or a gerund ('she does consulting')
- advisory work
broader; can include informal advice that is not paid or project-based
- freelancing
overlaps in meaning but is not limited to expert advice — freelancing can cover any self-employed work
- in-house employment
being a permanent employee of a single organisation rather than providing external advice
文法句型
do + consultancy
provide + consultancy
consultancy + work
consultancy + services
用法筆記
This sense is uncountable, so it does not take a or an — do not say 'a consultancy' when you mean advisory work. To refer to individual pieces of work, use consultancy services, consultancy projects, or consultancy assignments.