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freelance

or free-lance

[ free-lans, -lans ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to work conducted by a person who sells their services by the hour, day, job, etc., rather than working on a regular salary basis for one employer: Compare full-time ( def 2 ).

    a freelance writer;

    freelance copyediting.



verb (used without object)

, free·lanced, free·lanc·ing.
  1. to sell services by the hour, day, job, etc., rather than working on a regular salary basis for one employer:

    The illustrator used to be employed by us but is freelancing now.

verb (used with object)

, free·lanced, free·lanc·ing.
  1. to produce, sell, or accomplish (something) while selling services by the hour, day, job, etc.:

    Every so often I freelance a magazine article for some extra cash.

adverb

  1. in the manner of one who sells services by the hour, day, job, etc., rather than working on a regular salary basis for one employer:

    She works freelance.

noun

  1. a person who contends in a cause or in a succession of various causes, as they choose, without personal attachment or allegiance.

freelance

/ ˈfriːˌlɑːns /

noun

    1. Also calledfreelancer a self-employed person, esp a writer or artist, who is not employed continuously but hired to do specific assignments
    2. ( as modifier )

      a freelance journalist

  1. a person, esp a politician, who supports several causes or parties without total commitment to any one
  2. (in medieval Europe) a mercenary soldier or adventurer
“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


verb

  1. to work as a freelance on (an assignment, etc)
“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

adverb

  1. as a freelance
“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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of freelance1

First recorded in 1810–20; free + lance 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of freelance1

C19 (in sense 3): later applied to politicians, writers, etc
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Example Sentences

Abigail Higgins is a freelance journalist in Washington who covers gender, health and inequality.

Lauren Wolfe made no ripples last May when she started as a freelance editor at the New York Times.

Look, I’d much rather be doing the work that I’m currently doing than waiting tables, even though there are times as a freelance journalist, where my income has been about comparable to what it was waiting tables.

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Derek Swinhart is a freelance writer working in the PC hardware industry.

Erick Trickey is a Boston-based freelance writer who teaches magazine journalism at Boston University.

Freelance journalist Austin Tice was abducted in Syria more than two years ago.

He was a former bodyguard for Aung San Suu Kyi and a prominent freelance reporter.

The Herald asked her to be a freelance reporter, but not because of her notorious status.

Lottie Joiner is a Washington, D.C.-based freelance writer and senior editor of The Crisis magazine.

He now lives in Seoul, where he teaches at Hongik University and also works as a freelance fashion photographer.

Mom's a freelance relocation specialist who helps British people get settled in in San Francisco.

Denis, a Democrat at heart, was something of a freelance, inclined to tilt indiscriminately at both parties.

The thing that I should now most like to be is a freelance writer.

As I get it, he is a sort of freelance writer, and I think he was on an assignment then.

She could be a freelance in Love's lists, notwithstanding the inconvenience of a legal attachment.

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