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free⋅lance
[free-lans, -lahns, -lans, -lahns] 
noun, verb, -lanced, -lanc⋅ing, adjective, adverb –noun Also, free lance.
| 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. |
–verb (used without object)
| 3. | to act or work as a freelance: The illustrator used to be employed by us but is freelancing now. |
–verb (used with object)
| 4. | to produce, sell, or accomplish as a freelance: to freelance a magazine article. |
–adjective
| 5. | of or pertaining to a freelance or the work of a freelance: a freelance writer; freelance copyediting. |
–adverb
| 6. | in the manner of a freelance: She works freelance. |
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| free·lance n. also free lance (frē'lāns')
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. |
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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
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Language Translation for : freelance
Spanish:
independiente, autónomo,
German:
der, *die Freischaffende, freischaffend,
Japanese:
フリーランサー (の)
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