Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Acting in consultation or as an adviser; making a business of giving professional advice: as, a consulting barrister; a consulting physician; a consulting accountant.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective That consults.
  • adjective (Med.) a physician who consults with the attending practitioner regarding any case of disease.

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  • verb Present participle of consult.

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Examples

  • Though I graduated from Berkeley in Northern California, my post-college career life kicked off in the midwest, an entire summer of what I call consulting summer camp in Chicago.

    Archive 2005-08-01 2005

  • Though I graduated from Berkeley in Northern California, my post-college career life kicked off in the midwest, an entire summer of what I call consulting summer camp in Chicago.

    Suntory Time - Late Night Happy Hour at En Sushi 2005

  • In October, Vanier submitted an invoice requesting payment of $395,000 - in addition to a retainer of $113,000 she had already been paid - for what she termed "consulting, training and Risk Policy Deployment Implementation Employee Re-Integration Project."

    CBC | Top Stories News 2012

  • In October Vanier submitted an invoice requesting payment of $395,000 - in addition to a retainer of $113,000 she had already been paid - for what she termed "consulting, training and Risk Policy Deployment Implementation Employee Re-Integration Project."

    CBC | Top Stories News 2012

  • Prosecutors say Bruno collected almost $3.2 million, which he calls consulting fees, from businesses, labor unions and local businessman Jared Abbruzzese, who was named, but not charged.

    News10Now - TOP STORIES 2009

  • You see, we had to take cover on all the other shady and reckless spending going on at the time, like the millions in "consulting" fees to our buddies on the CC hotel sham, and all our out-sourced studies on my best friend Merritt's new stadium (which I WILL shove through, one way or the other, damn it) and our $100M over-budget city computer system.

    Trust me (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • Earlier this week Dwek testified that "consulting" was a code word that he understood to mean Van Pelt would accept his bribe.

    phillyBurbs.com: Home RSS feed 2010

  • It will become indisputably clear to your colleagues that there is real value in consulting you when making personnel decisions.

    Women Grow Business » Hooked On a Feeling: Marketing Your Intuition At Work 2010

  • It will become indisputably clear to your colleagues that there is real value in consulting you when making personnel decisions.

    Women Grow Business » Search Results » francie 2010

  • It will become indisputably clear to your colleagues that there is real value in consulting you when making personnel decisions.

    Women Grow Business » Search Results » levin 2010

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