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freelance

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free·lance
n. also free lance (frlns)
1. A person who sells services to employers without a long-term commitment to any of them.
2. An uncommitted independent, as in politics or social life.
3. A medieval mercenary.
v. free·lanced, free·lanc·ing, free·lanc·es
v.intr.
To work as a freelance: a journalist who freelances.
v.tr.
To produce and sell as a freelance: freelanced the article to a magazine publisher.
adj.
Of, relating to, or working as a freelance.

freelancer n.

freelance
Noun
a self-employed person doing specific pieces of work for various employers
Verb
[-lancing, -lanced]
to work as a freelance
Adjective, adv
of or as a freelance [originally applied to a mercenary soldier]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.freelance - a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
worker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker"
Verb1.freelance - work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer
do work, work - be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college"
Adj.1.freelance - working for yourself
salaried - receiving a salary; "salaried members of the staff"
2.freelance - serving for wages in a foreign army; "mercenary killers"
paid - marked by the reception of pay; "paid work"; "a paid official"; "a paid announcement"; "a paid check"
Translations
freelance [ˈfriːlɑːns] adj, advpor cuenta propia;
to do freelance work → trabajar por su cuenta
freelance [ˈfriːlɑːns] free adj [journalist etc] → indépendant(e)free-lance inv [work] → en free-lance
adven free-lance
freelance [ˈfriːlɑːns] free adj (journalist etc) → frei(schaffend), freiberuflich tätig
freelance [ˈfriːlɑːns] adjindipendente;
freelance work → collaborazione f esterna


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It was no easy matter to keep your end up as a raw freelance of letters; for my part, I was afraid I wrote neither well enough nor ill enough for success.
 
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