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in⋅die

  [in-dee] Informal.
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–noun
1. an independently owned business: to work for an indie.
–adjective
2. (of a person) self-employed; (of a business) privately owned: an indie film producer.
Origin:
1940–45; ind(ependent) + -ie
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in·die   (ĭn'dē)   
n.   Informal

  1. One, such as a studio or producer, that is unaffiliated with a larger or more commercial organization.

  2. An artistic work produced by an independent company or group: "[His film] showed that indies could . . . take in millions at the box office" (Liesl Schillinger).

adj.  Of, relating to, or being an indie: an album of indie rock; an indie film company.

[ind(ependent) + -y1.]
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Word Origin & History

indie 
"independent record company," 1945, shortening of independent; used of film production companies since 1920s, of theaters from 1942; extended by 1984 to a type of pop music by such labels.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
indie
independent
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