self-employed
[ self-em-ploid, self- ]
/ ˈsɛlf ɛmˈplɔɪd, ˌsɛlf- /
adjective
earning one's living directly from one's own profession or business, as a freelance writer or artist, rather than as an employee earning salary or commission from another.
Origin of self-employed
First recorded in 1945–50
Words nearby self-employed
self-driving,
self-educated,
self-effacement,
self-effacing,
self-elected,
self-employed,
self-employment,
self-energizing,
self-enforcing,
self-esteem,
self-evident
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British Dictionary definitions for self-employed
self-employed
adjective
earning one's living in one's own business or through freelance work, rather than as the employee of another