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Working for oneself, rather than for an employer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
working for yourself
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: freelance, free-lance
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbh-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English employed English self-employed From self- + employed.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
autònom
— working for oneself
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Chinese Mandarin:
自雇的
(zìgù de)
— working for oneself
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Chinese Mandarin:
自己當老闆的 /自己当老板的
(zìjǐ dāng lǎobǎn de)
— working for oneself
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Czech:
samostatně výdělečně činný
— working for oneself
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Finnish:
itsensä työllistävä
— working for oneself
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French:
indépendant
— working for oneself
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French:
autonome
— working for oneself
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Georgian:
თვითდასაქმებული
(tvitdasakmebuli)
— working for oneself
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German:
selbstständig
— working for oneself
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German:
selbständig
— working for oneself
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German:
freiberuflich
— working for oneself
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German:
freischaffend
— working for oneself
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Greek:
αυτοαπασχολούμενος
(aftoapascholoúmenos)
— working for oneself
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Ancient Greek:
αὐτουργός
(autourgós)
— working for oneself
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Hungarian:
egyéni vállalkozó
— working for oneself
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Hungarian:
magánvállalkozó
— working for oneself
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Hungarian:
önfoglalkoztató
— working for oneself
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Hungarian:
maszek
— working for oneself
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Icelandic:
sjálfstætt starfandi
— working for oneself
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Irish:
féinfhostaithe
— working for oneself
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Italian:
autonomo
— working for oneself
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Polish:
samozatrudniony
— working for oneself
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Portuguese:
autónomo
— working for oneself
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Portuguese:
autônomo
— working for oneself
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Romanian:
autonom
— working for oneself
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Russian:
самоза́нятый
(samozánjatyj)
— working for oneself
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Slovak:
samostatne zárobkovo činný
— working for oneself
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Spanish:
autónomo
— working for oneself
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Spanish:
independiente
— working for oneself
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Spanish:
por cuenta propia
— working for oneself
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Spanish:
por libre (freelance)
— working for oneself
