freelance
adverb
WORKPLACE uk/ˈfriːlɑːns/ us/ˈfriːlæns/if you work freelance, you work for yourself and do projects with different companies rather than being a company employee:
She set up her own editorial business and now works freelance from home.
After ten years in corporate advertising he decided to go freelance.
freelance
adjective
WORKPLACE uk/ˈfriːlɑːns/ us/ˈfriːlæns/used to describe a freelancer or the work done by a freelancer:
a freelance writer/journalist/designer
freelance work/job/contract She took on several freelance writing jobs before landing a full-time position at the newspaper.
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self-employed adjective
freelance
verb [ I ]
WORKPLACE uk/ˈfriːlɑːns/ us/ˈfriːlæns/to work for yourself and do projects with different companies rather than being a company employee:
freelance for/with sb Jones continues to freelance for the radio station despite officially retiring two years ago.
freelance
noun
WORKPLACE UK uk/ˈfriːlɑːns/ us/ˈfriːlæns/→ freelancer