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freelance
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As a noun, freelance means someone who sells their services to clients without a long-term employment contract. As an adjective, it means of, or relating to a freelance.
Meanings of freelance
8 meaningsnoun
Someone who sells their services to clients without a long-term employment contract.
Older and rare meanings (1)
historicalA medieval mercenary.
adjective
Of, or relating to a freelance; without employment contract.
“He was a freelance writer for several magazines.”
Working for yourself
Similar: free-lance, self-employed
verb
To work as a freelance.
To produce or sell services as a freelance.
Work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
All synonyms for freelance →adjective: working for yourself
adjective: serving for wages in a foreign army
noun: a writer or artist who sells services to different employ…
Oppositessalaried
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