free‧lance /ˈfriːlɑːns $ -læns/
adjective, adverb[
Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: free lance 'soldier in former times who sold his fighting skills to anyone']
working independently for different companies rather than being employed by one particular company:
She works freelance from home.freelance journalist/writer/photographer etc—freelance verb [intransitive]:
He’s freelancing for several translation agencies.—freelance (
also freelancer)
noun [countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲