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Freelance

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A person who sells services to employers without a long-term commitment to any of them.

n. An uncommitted independent, as in politics or social life.

n. A medieval mercenary.

verb-intransitive. To work as a freelance: a journalist who freelances.

v. To produce and sell as a freelance: freelanced the article to a magazine publisher.

adj. Of, relating to, or working as a freelance.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Someone who sells his services to employers without a long-term contract

n. A medieval mercenary

adj. Of, or relating to a freelance; without contract

v. To work as a freelance

v. To produce or sell services as a freelance

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. a person who acts independently or without authorization of an organization or of his superiors.

n. a person who pursues a profession independently, and not as the employee of an organization; -- used especially of writers or photographers who sell their work to organizations of which they are not employees.

adj. of or pertaining to a freelance{2}.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them

v. work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer

adj. serving for wages in a foreign army

adj. working for yourself

Word Usage

"In Japan, they are freeters: an amalgam of the English word freelance and the German word Arbeiter, or worker."

Equivalent

paid

Verb Form

freelanced freelances freelancing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

worker work do work

Variant

freelance{2}

Form

freelancer

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

adventure

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

award-winning part-time free-lance investigative talented