self-employed
earning one's living directly from one's own profession or business, as a freelance writer or artist, rather than as an employee earning salary or commission from another.
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How to use self-employed in a sentence
According to the Freelancers Union, nearly one in three working Americans is now self-employed.
More than half of the working uninsured are either self-employed or work in firms with fewer than 50 workers.
They turned out to be similarly self-employed in the arts: a painter, a playwright, a TV producer, and a fellow author.
Dad Desperately Seeks Friends to Share Midlife | Karl Taro Greenfeld | June 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI'm self-employed, I max out my 401k, and have a nice emergency fund.
Because they're self-employed, however, they have a tough time finding insurance.
I worked for the railroad 15 years and was a self-employed builder, as well as—on the side.
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyYou are presently self-employed in Fort Worth, is that correct?
Warren Commission (2 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyI am a financial consultant, self-employed, and I am senior officer in several corporations.
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyThe self-employed laborer earns wages in the broad economic sense.
The Principles of Economics | Frank A. FetterThe wages of self-employed labor are often simply the value of the material product it secures by exchange.
The Principles of Economics | Frank A. Fetter
British Dictionary definitions for self-employed
earning one's living in one's own business or through freelance work, rather than as the employee of another
Derived forms of self-employed
- self-employment, noun
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