- of or relating to work conducted by a person who sells their services by the hour, day, job, etc., rather than working on a regular salary basis for one employer: a freelance writer;freelance copyediting.
- to sell services by the hour, day, job, etc., rather than working on a regular salary basis for one employer: The illustrator used to be employed by us but is freelancing now.
- to produce, sell, or accomplish (something) while selling services by the hour, day, job, etc.: Every so often I freelance a magazine article for some extra cash.
- in the manner of one who sells services by the hour, day, job, etc., rather than working on a regular salary basis for one employer: She works freelance.
- freelancer.
- a person who contends in a cause or in a succession of various causes, as they choose, without personal attachment or allegiance.
- a mercenary soldier or military adventurer of the Middle Ages, often of knightly rank, who offered his services to any state, party, or cause.
- freelance (defs. 5, 6).
- a self-employed person, esp a writer or artist, who is not employed continuously but hired to do specific assignments
- (as modifier)
- a person, esp a politician, who supports several causes or parties without total commitment to any one
- (in medieval Europe) a mercenary soldier or adventurer
- to work as a freelance on (an assignment, etc)
- as a freelance
