freelance Definition

freelance
noun

1. A self-employed person offering their services where needed, not under contract to any single employer.

Form: freelancer

adj

1. Working on a self-employed basis.

Example: freelance journalist
Thesaurus: self-employed, unattached, independent.

adverb

1. As a freelance.

Example: She works freelance now

verb

intr
freelanced, freelancing
1. To work as a freelance.

Etymology: 19c, meaning ‘a medieval mercenary soldier', coined by Sir Walter Scott, but now referring to any kind of work.