self-employed

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ employed.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

self-employed (not comparable)

1. Working for oneself, rather than for an employer.
   • 2023, Japan Today, 85-year-old man arrested for stealing condoms from convenience store:

     Police said Ko Sasaki, of no fixed address and who claims to be self-employed, took two packs of condoms, worth about 2,000 yen, and tried to leave the store without paying for them.

Related terms

• self-employment

Translations

working for oneself

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Catalan: autònom (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 自雇的 (zìgù de), 自己當老闆的 / 自己当老板的 (zìjǐ dāng lǎobǎn de) Czech: samostatně výdělečně činný Finnish: itsensä työllistävä French: indépendant (fr), autonome (fr) Georgian: თვითდასაქმებული (tvitdasakmebuli) German: selbstständig (de), selbständig (de), freiberuflich (de), freischaffend Greek: αυτοαπασχολούμενος (el) (aftoapascholoúmenos) Ancient Greek: αὐτουργός (autourgós) Hungarian: egyéni vállalkozó, magánvállalkozó (hu), önfoglalkoztató, (dated) maszek (hu) Icelandic: sjálfstætt starfandi Irish: féinfhostaithe Italian: autonomo (it) Polish: samozatrudniony Portuguese: autónomo (pt), autônomo (pt) Romanian: autonom (ro) Russian: самоза́нятый (ru) (samozánjatyj) Slovak: samostatne zárobkovo činný Spanish: autónomo (es), independiente (es), por cuenta propia, por libre (freelance)