self-employed en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English employed English self-employed From self- + employed.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Working for oneself, rather than for an employer.
Police said Ko Sasaki, of no fixed address and who claims to be self-employed, took two packs of condoms, worth about 2,000 yen, and tried to leave the store without paying for them.
2023, Japan Today, 85-year-old man arrested for stealing condoms from convenience store:
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Translations (31)
ka თვითდასაქმებული (working for oneself) · el αυτοαπασχολούμενος (working for oneself) · de selbstständig (working for oneself) · cmn 自雇的 (working for oneself) · cmn 自己當老闆的 /自己当老板的 (working for oneself) · ru самоза́нятый (working for oneself) · es independiente (working for oneself) · pt autônomo (working for oneself) · hu magánvállalkozó (working for oneself) · hu maszek (working for oneself) · de selbständig (working for oneself) · pt autónomo (working for oneself) · es por cuenta propia (working for oneself) · grc αὐτουργός (working for oneself) · es por libre (freelance) (working for oneself) · de freischaffend (working for oneself) · sk samostatne zárobkovo činný (working for oneself) · pl samozatrudniony (working for oneself) · ga féinfhostaithe (working for oneself) · it autonomo (working for oneself) · fr autonome (working for oneself) · es autónomo (working for oneself) · ca autònom (working for oneself) · cs samostatně výdělečně činný (working for oneself) · fi itsensä työllistävä (working for oneself) · hu önfoglalkoztató (working for oneself) · ro autonom (working for oneself) · fr indépendant (working for oneself) · de freiberuflich (working for oneself) · is sjálfstætt starfandi (working for oneself) · hu egyéni vállalkozó (working for oneself)