freelance

4 definitions found

freelance - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Freelance \Free"lance`\ (fr[=e]"l[a^]ns`), n.
     1. a person who acts independently or without authorization
        of an organization or of his superiors.
        [PJC]
  
     2. 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.
        [PJC]

  Freelance \Free"lance`\ (fr[=e]"l[a^]ns`), a.
     of or pertaining to a freelance[2]; as, a freelance
     photographer.
     [PJC]

  free-lance \free-lance\ v. i.
     to work on a free-lance basis; to work as a freelancer.
  
     Syn: freelance.
          [WordNet 1.5] freelancer

freelance - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  freelance
      adj 1: working for yourself [syn: freelance, free-lance,
             self-employed] [ant: salaried]
      2: serving for wages in a foreign army; "mercenary killers"
         [syn: mercenary(a), free-lance(a), freelance(a)]
      n 1: a writer or artist who sells services to different
           employers without a long-term contract with any of them
           [syn: freelancer, freelance, free-lance, free lance
           , independent, self-employed person]
      v 1: work independently and on temporary contracts rather than
           for a long-term employer