to freelance
- verb
- /ˈfriːlæns/
- Many writers choose to freelance because it allows them to work with different clients and have more flexible hours.
- want to freelance
- freelancing full time
- freelancing for five years
So let's talk about growing a business and not just freelancing dressmaking.
- So let's talk about growing a business and not just freelancing dressmaking.
- I guess the people, what I would find hard to do is freelancing.
- And there's this guy named Eric Hong who is freelancing.
- Y'all didn't brief him on this because in his mind, I'm out there just freelancing.
- So I am an entrepreneur, but if I if I wanted to start freelancing, I would I would first set up what does that freelancing life look like?
- Why they go around questioning people now freelancing?
Examples
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A former Wall Street Journal and Business Week reporter, he started freelancing more than 25 years ago.
Academic text (2008) -
I've never grown tired of it, and I've been freelancing on and off for eleven years now.
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And I get in there, into the code, and I decide to freelance around a little bit, right?
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No, I freelance a little for consulting firms.
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To get a writing job in entertainment journalism, it's impossible not to freelance in this current economy.
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When I started freelancing, I worked Monday through Friday, starting at about 7 a.m.
Academic text (2011) -
I'm from England, and I work freelance with the project on everything from weapon artwork to character artwork.
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I have a full-time job and I freelance part-time for a magazine and a blog.
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Charlotte Huff, of Fort Worth, Texas, has been a journalist for 15 years, freelancing full time since 2004.
Academic text (2009) -
Since I graduated, I have been freelancing and performing the occasional task for Uptown Association.
Blog text (23)
Synonyms
Rent something you own or your services to someone for a short time
How Independent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word freelance comes from free ('not tied') and lance ('spear'), like a soldier who offered his work to many leaders. That's why to freelance means to work independently for different clients rather than being employed by one company.