self-employed
adjective
uk/ˌself.ɪmˈplɔɪd/us/ˌself.ɪmˈplɔɪd/notworkingfor anemployerbutfindingworkfor yourself or havingyourownbusiness:
自雇的;个体经营的a self-employedroofer自雇的屋顶翻修人
Do youpaylesstaxif you're self-employed?如果你是自雇人士,纳税会减少吗?
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freelanceadjectiveadverb
Types of employment
- admin
- administrative
- administrative assistant
- administratively
- at the coalfaceidiom
- jobless
- joblessness
- jobseeker
- labour-intensive
- lackey
- professionality
- qualified
- recertify
- redundancy
- redundant
- well qualified
- WFH
- white-collar
- who's whoidiom
- wilderness yearsidiom
self-employed
noun[plural]
uk/ˌself.ɪmˈplɔɪd/us/ˌself.ɪmˈplɔɪd/peoplewho do notworkfor anemployerbutfindworkfor themselves, or havetheirownbusiness:
Theyrunanadvicecentrefortheself-employed.
Healthinsuranceis aconcernfor the country's 4 million self-employed.
- Thecomplexsystemoftaxingthe self-employed is to besimplified.
- TheBudgethas little for the four million self-employed.
- Largegroupsof the self-employed arebecomingincreasinglyreliantonmobilecommunications.
Types of employment
- admin
- administrative
- administrative assistant
- administratively
- at the coalfaceidiom
- jobless
- joblessness
- jobseeker
- labour-intensive
- lackey
- professionality
- qualified
- recertify
- redundancy
- redundant
- well qualified
- WFH
- white-collar
- who's whoidiom
- wilderness yearsidiom