gig economy

[ gigi-kon-uh-mee ]

nounSlang.
  1. an economic sector consisting of part-time, temporary, and freelance jobs: rapid growth of the online gig economy.

Origin of gig economy

1
First recorded in 2005–10; gig1 (in the sense “a job of uncertain duration”) + economy

Words Nearby gig economy

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How to use gig economy in a sentence

  • To people I know in the bottom income brackets, living paycheck to paycheck, the gig economy has been old news for years.

    The Gig Economy | Tina Brown | January 12, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST