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Meaning of self-employed | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

Working for oneself, rather than for an employer.

not-comparable

Equivalents

Català autònom
Deutsch freiberuflich freiberuflich freischaffend selbständig selbstständig selbstständig
Ελληνικά αυτοαπασχολούμενος αυτοαπασχολούμενος
Español autónomo independiente por cuenta propia por libre (freelance)
Suomi itsensä työllistävä
Français Autonome Indépendant
Gaeilge féinfhostaithe
Galego autónomo
Italiano autonomo
ქართული თვითდასაქმებული
Polski samozatrudniony
Português autónomo
Română autonom
Русский самозанятый
Українська самодіяльний самозайнятий

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

self-employed, freelance self-emptying self-encrypting self-energising self-enforcing self-entitled

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