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

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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

Derived forms of self-employed

self-employment, noun