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free·lance 
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Audio Help [free-lans, -lahns, -lans, -lahns] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -lanced, -lanc·ing, adjective, adverb –noun Also, free lance.
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| 1. | Also, freelancer. a person who works as a writer, designer, performer, or the like, selling work or services by the hour, day, job, etc., rather than working on a regular salary basis for one employer. |
| 2. | a person who contends in a cause or in a succession of various causes, as he or she chooses, without personal attachment or allegiance. |
| 3. | to act or work as a freelance: The illustrator used to be employed by us but is freelancing now. |
| 4. | to produce, sell, or accomplish as a freelance: to freelance a magazine article. |
| 5. | of or pertaining to a freelance or the work of a freelance: a freelance writer; freelance copyediting. |
| 6. | in the manner of a freelance: She works freelance. |
| Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
freelance
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| free·lance
n. also free lance (frē'lāns')
v. free·lanced, free·lanc·ing, free·lanc·es v. intr. To work as a freelance: a journalist who freelances. v. tr. To produce and sell as a freelance: freelanced the article to a magazine publisher. adj. Of, relating to, or working as a freelance. free'lanc'er n. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
freelance
"medieval mercenary warrior," 1820, from free + lance; apparently a coinage of Sir Walter Scott's. Fig. sense is from 1864; the verb is first attested 1903.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| freelance | |
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| 1. | working for yourself [ant: salaried] |
| 2. | serving for wages in a foreign army; "mercenary killers" [syn: mercenary] |
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| 1. | a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them [syn: freelancer] |
verb | |
| 1. | work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈfreelance noun, adjective
(of or done by) a person who is working on his own, not for any one employer
Example: a freelance journalist; freelance work
ˈfreelance verbExample: a freelance journalist; freelance work
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to work in this way
Example: He is freelancing now.
See also: a free hand, freedom, freehand, freehold, freely, freeway, free-for-all, freewheel, free, free skating, free speech, free trade, free will, Freefone, Freepost, set free, "freelance" in any languageExample: He is freelancing now.
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