self-employed

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self-employed

A self-employed graphic designer works from her home office.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Working for yourself: Describes a person who works for themselves, not as an employee for a company or another person. They own and manage their own business or provide services directly to clients.
Usage
  • The adjective self-employed is used to describe a person's employment status. It is typically placed before a noun (e.g., a self-employed consultant) or used after a linking verb like "be" (e.g., "I am self-employed").
  • It is a hyphenated compound word.
Examples
  • Adjective:
    • She left her corporate job to become a self-employed graphic designer.
    • As a self-employed contractor, he is responsible for finding his own clients and paying his own taxes.
    • Are you self-employed, or do you work for a company?
Advanced Usage
  • The self-employed (used with 'the'): Refers to self-employed people as a collective group.
    • Tax regulations for the self-employed can be complex.
Variants and Related Words
  • Self-employment (noun): The state of being self-employed.
    • He chose self-employment for the freedom it offers.
Synonyms
  • Freelance
  • Independent contractor
  • Own-account worker
Antonyms
  • Employed (by a company)
  • Salaried
  • A wage earner
self-employed

A self-employed graphic designer works from her home office.

Adjective
  1. working for yourself

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