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Meaning of self-employment | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The act or practice of working for oneself, such as being an independent contractor.

uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Selbständigkeit Selbstständigkeit
Español autoempleo
Suomi itsensä työllistäminen
Français Indépendant
Gaeilge féinfhostaíocht
Polski samozatrudnienie
Русский самоза́нятость самостоя́тельная за́нятость
Türkçe serbest meslek
Українська самозайнятість

Examples

“Self-employment lacks the security of working for a big company, but at least the only idiot boss you will meet⟳ is yourself.”

CEFR level

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

self-energy self-enucleation self-envenomation self-esteem self-esteeming self-esterification

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