free-lance Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
    independent; freelance; freelancer; free lance; self-employed person.
  2. adjective working for yourself
    freelance; self-employed.
  3. adjective satellite serving for wages in a foreign army
    mercenary; freelance.
    • mercenary killers

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