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Meanings of freelance in English

Portuguese
autónomo
Catalan
freelance
Spanish
independiente

Working for yourself.

      autónomo
      Portuguese
      free-lancer
      Catalan
      autònom
      Spanish
      autónomo

      A writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them.

            free-lancer

            Serving for wages in a foreign army.

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                  Usage of freelance in English
                  1
                  Today, I work as a freelance events manager in the music business.
                  The Guardian
                  2
                  Working freelance later at ITN, she found the situation not much better.
                  The Guardian
                  3
                  What was certain, he said, is that the freelance photographer sought attention.
                  Reuters
                  4
                  To support herself between jobs, Barbara did some freelance graphic design work.
                  BBC
                  5
                  Ninety per cent of my team at any point will be freelance.
                  The Guardian
                  6
                  Two years ago he'd quit the army and started doing freelance wiretap.
                  Naughty neighbor
                  7
                  Since I'm freelance, I usually only do this work if I'm paid.
                  The Irish Times
                  8
                  Couldn't you have become a freelance journalist, gotten a government press pass?
                  World war z: an oral history of the zombie war
                  9
                  Herina Ayot is a freelance writer in the New York Metropolitan area.
                  Ebony
                  10
                  On the whole I employ freelance artists to deliver the education programme.
                  How to get a job in a museum or art gallery
                  11
                  Show Hide The gig economy is based on temporary or freelance jobs.
                  The Guardian
                  12
                  SA Mathieson is a freelance journalist and director of Public Service Intelligence.
                  The Guardian
                  13
                  Molly M. Ginty is a freelance writer based in New York City.
                  Feminist dot com
                  14
                  Williams works from home as a freelance journalist with a small child.
                  The Irish Times
                  15
                  It was written in my contract that I could do freelance work.
                  From those wonderful folks who gave you pearl harbor: front-line...
                  16
                  Dutch freelance reporter Bette Dam is in Kabul and witnessed the attack.
                  Radio NZ
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