freelancer, freelance, free-lance, free lance, independent, self-employed person (adj)

a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them

freelance, free-lance, self-employed (adj)

working for yourself

mercenary(a), free-lance(a), freelance(a) (verb)

serving for wages in a foreign army

"mercenary killers"

freelance (verb)

work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer

freelance (Noun)

Someone who sells his services to employers without a long-term contract

freelance (Noun)

A medieval mercenary

freelance (Verb)

To work as a freelance

freelance (Verb)

To produce or sell services as a freelance

freelance (Adjective)

Of, or relating to a freelance; without contract

freelance

Freelance (sometimes spelled free-lance or free lance), freelancer, or freelance worker, are terms commonly used for a person who is self-employed and not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term. Freelance workers are sometimes represented by a company or a temporary agency that resells freelance labor to clients; others work independently or use professional associations or websites to get work. While the term independent contractor would be used in a different register of English to designate the tax and employment classes of this type of worker, the term "freelancing" is most common in culture and creative industries, and use of this term may indicate participation therein.Fields, professions, and industries where freelancing is predominant include: music, writing, acting, computer programming, web design, graphic design, translating and illustrating, film and video production, and other forms of piece work that some cultural theorists consider central to the cognitive-cultural economy.