self-employed

[ self-em-ploid, self- ]

adjective

1. earning one's living directly from one's own profession or business, as a freelance writer or artist, rather than as an employee earning salary or commission from another.

self-employed

adjective

1. earning one's living in one's own business or through freelance work, rather than as the employee of another

Derived Forms

• ˌself-emˈployment, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-employed¹

First recorded in 1945–50