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[ self -em-ploid , self- ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈsɛlf ɛmˈplɔɪd, ˌsɛlf- / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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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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Example sentences from the Web for self-employed According to the Freelancers Union, nearly one in three working Americans is now self-employed .
Basics Beware: We're All Girl Bosses Now | Rachel Hills| August 28, 2014| DAILY BEAST
I'm self-employed , I max out my 401k, and have a nice emergency fund.
First World Financial Problems | Megan McArdle| March 11, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Because they're self-employed , however, they have a tough time finding insurance.
How Would Health Care Affect You? | Benjamin Sarlin| December 22, 2009| DAILY BEAST
Is it better or worse for the self-employed , for entrepreneurial startups, for your local synagogue, for your local community?
The GOP's New Populists | John Avlon| February 13, 2009| DAILY BEAST
She knows women who were self-employed pro-dommes before the tech boom began.
Kinkonomics | Tracy Quan| February 3, 2009| DAILY BEAST
I am a financial consultant, self-employed , and I am senior officer in several corporations.
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
I worked for the railroad 15 years and was a self-employed builder, as well as—on the side.
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
The wages of self-employed labor are often simply the value of the material product it secures by exchange.
The Principles of Economics | Frank A. Fetter
Are you employed, self-employed , or do you work for some company?
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
The self-employed laborer earns wages in the broad economic sense.
The Principles of Economics | Frank A. Fetter
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British Dictionary definitions for 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to self-employed free agent, unaffiliated