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self-em⋅ploy⋅ment

[self-em-ploi-muhnt, self-]
–noun
the act or fact of being self-employed.

Origin:
1735–45
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self-em·ployed   (sělf'ěm-ploid')
adj.  Earning one's livelihood directly from one's own trade or business rather than as an employee of another.
self'-em·ploy'ment n.
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