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Definition of Freelance

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

2. Verb. Work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer.

3. Adjective. Working for yourself.

4. Adjective. Serving for wages in a foreign army. "Mercenary killers"

Definition of Freelance

1. Noun. Someone who sells his services to employers without a long-term contract ¹

2. Noun. A medieval mercenary ¹

3. Adjective. Of, or relating to a freelance; without contract ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To work as a freelance ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To produce or sell services as a freelance ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Freelance

1. [v -LANCED, -LANCING, -LANCES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Freelance

freehand freehanded freehandedly freehandedness freehearted freeheartedly freehold freeholder freeholders freeholds

freehood freeing freekick freekicks freelage freelance (current term) freelance(a) freelanced freelancer freelancers

freelances freelancing freeledge freeload freeloaded freeloader freeloaders freeloading freeloads freelte

Literary usage of Freelance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Changing the Fourth Estate: Essays on South African Journalism by Adrian Hadland (2005)
"At the start of my freelance career about seven years ago, I would recite the list of publications I had scribbled next to the various stories that had been ..."

2. Power Media Bluebook W/ Talk Show Guest Directory by Mitchell Davis (2005)
"Interests: I cover women's journalism, trends in the field ofhealth and nutrition and technical/computer news items and stories. Toronto Al Emid — freelance ..."

3. Cocaine & Federal Sentencing Policy by Richard P. Conaboy (1997)
"freelance Individuals The "freelance" system of distribution, in which loosely organized individuals use ad hoc contacts to sell drugs, prevailed during the ..."

4. Berlin and Potsdam by Eva Apraku (2000)
"Ellen Brandt studied history and began working freelance on the cultural ... He works as a freelance journalist for the weekly newspaper Freitag and the ..."

5. How to Become an Author: A Practical Guide by Arnold Bennett (1903)
"Of these the first and fourth are the most literary, and the second is the least benignant towards the freelance. All pay well, and one or two handsomely. ..."

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