Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. freelancer, freelance, free-lance, free lance, independent, self-employed person(adj)

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

2. freelance, free-lance, self-employed(adj)

   working for yourself

3. mercenary(a), free-lance(a), freelance(a)(verb)

   serving for wages in a foreign army

   "mercenary killers"

4. freelance(verb)

   work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer

GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Freelance(n.)

   a person who acts independently or without authorization of an organization or of his superiors.

2. Freelance(n.)

   a person who pursues a profession independently, and not as the employee of an organization; -- used especially of writers or photographers who sell their work to organizations of which they are not employees.

3. Freelance(a.)

   of or pertaining to a freelance; as, a freelance photographer.

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. freelance(Noun)

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

2. freelance(Noun)

   A medieval mercenary

3. freelance(Verb)

   To work as a freelance

4. freelance(Verb)

   To produce or sell services as a freelance

5. freelance(Adjective)

   Of, or relating to a freelance; without contract

   He was a freelance writer for several magazines.

Origin: From free + lance.

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of freelance in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of freelance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Adam Schiff:

   I can't overlook if the chairman of our committee is going to freelance in this way.

2. Yuichi Sugimoto:

   Losing my passport means a loss of my work as a freelance photographer. I feel my entire life is being denied.

3. John Hultquist:

   It is a Russian actor operating with alignment to the interest of the state, whether or not it's freelance, we don't know.

4. San Diego singer-songwriter Ryan Hiller:

   In this business, as with any freelance business, it takes a substantial amount of work just to get more work, anything that can help me manage these efforts in one location is going to make my life easier.

5. Andrew Cooper:

   They know how governments work, they know such a wide variety of people, and yet they're released from those types of concerns, and they can operate in this freelance entrepreneurial way around the world without very many barriers.

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