self-employed

Adjective CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

Working for oneself, rather than for an employer.

not-comparable

Equivalents

Españolautónomo independiente por cuenta propiapor libre (freelance)

FrançaisAutonome Indépendant

Deutschfreiberuflich freischaffend selbständigselbstständig

12 more languages

Catalàautònom

Ελληνικάαυτοαπασχολούμενος

Suomiitsensä työllistävä

Gaeilgeféinfhostaithe

Galegoautónomo

Italianoautonomo

ქართულითვითდასაქმებული

Polskisamozatrudniony

Portuguêsautónomo

Românăautonom

Русскийсамозанятый

Українськасамодіяльний 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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