free-lance in English

adjective

1

working for different companies at different times rather than being permanently employed by one company.

a freelance journalist

synonyms: self-employed, independent, contract

verb

1

earn one's living as a freelance.

The rest of my income is earned by scraping together what I can from freelancing and speaking.

noun

1

a freelance worker.

Casual staff, agency workers, freelances and home workers were among those considered only to have ‘worker’ status rather than the more formal ‘employee’ status.

2

a medieval mercenary.

The initial incursions into Ireland had been by marcher knights and other freelances from south Wales hired by Diarmait MacMurchadha, the King of Leinster.

adverb

1

earning one's living as a freelance.

I work freelance from home

adjective

• self-employed, independent, contract
• self-employed
• mercenary

noun

• independent, freelancer, self-employed person

Use "free-lance" in a sentence

1. I work free - lance and am paid by the hour.

2. We have three people work on a free lance basis.

3. He is a very famous free lance politician in this country.

4. Those most in danger are the adventurous free-lance reporters and photographers.

5. Can you use some evenings, weekends and lunch hours to solicIt'some free lance gigs?

6. Paul Is a free lance writer and has been drinking coffee since 7 this morning.

7. Can you use some evenings, weekends and lunch hours to solicit some free lance gigs?

8. I soon realized I would have to work as a free lance writer just to meet expenses.

9. In which free-lance warriors are selected one at a time to carry out a dangerous mission.

10. 13 Worth worked for AP as a dispatch rider in 19 also working as a free-lance photographer.

11. Jeffrey Teller and Mrs Estelle Lambert-Duchesne were the other most frequently appearing free-lance writers in the magazine.

12. She didn't want to be tied down by a full-time job, so she decided to become a free-lance translator.

13. 25 Luckily that part of a free-lance trade ship which is not given over to miscellaneous merchandise is extremely snug.

14. He is an active performer and recitalist throughout Iowa, Iowa All-State clinician and adjudicator, free lance studio musician, orchestrator, arranger and Autographist

15. He is an active performer and recitalist throughout Iowa, Iowa All-State clinician and adjudicator, free lance studio musician, orchestrator, arranger and Autographist

16. " They didn't answer, are straight cold sweat, I thought in my dreams, visions and free lance beast, I loudly say:"the bird of the sky, armored! "