freelance

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free‧lance/ˈfriːlɑːns $ -læns/ adjective, adverb
[date : 1800-1900; Origin : free lance 'soldier in former times who sold his fighting skills to anyone']
working independently for different companies rather than being employed by one particular company:
　 ▪ She works freelance from home.
freelance journalist/writer/photographer etc

—freelance verb [INTRANSITIVE]:
　 ▪ He’s freelancing for several translation agencies.

—freelance (also freelancer) noun [COUNTABLE]

adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a freelance writer
▪ She now works as a freelance writer.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
NOUN
journalist
▪ Mr Wettingfeld is a freelance journalist.
writer
▪ The author, a freelance writer living in Paris, becomes fascinated by the piano shop in his quartier.
▪ Examiner contributor Robert Kerwin is a freelance writer in San Francisco.
▪ Maria del Nevo is a freelance writer who has lived and worked in Lahore.
▪ Brian Beffort is a freelance writer who lives, and skis, at Lake Tahoe.
▪ Deborah Benady, freelance writer and single mum Being female helps with mothering, but it is not enough.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a freelance journalist
▪ Jamie's trying to earn a living as a freelance photographer.
▪ Karen stayed at home while the children were small, and made a little money from freelance writing.
▪ Steve plans to start working freelance this year.