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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Earning one's livelihood directly from one's own trade or business rather than as an employee of another.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Working for oneself, rather than for an employer.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. working for yourself

Examples

  • “Already the size of what I call the self-employed "free agent" work force has exploded, encompassing about 44 percent of the work force or nearly 80 million people.”

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  • “First, those classified as self-employed are less tax compliant than W-2 employees and second the employers fail to pay unemployment and Social Security and Medicare due on employee salaries.”

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  • “I’ve been a freelance editor long enough to know that, for institutions like banks and future employers, self-employed translates to “nearly jobless but scraping by.””

    Simon & Schuster: HOUSE RULES

  • “While he owned up to six vehicles at a time -- the church paying most of his and his kid's insurance, cell phones and vacations -- his staff was required to file income tax as "self-employed" on minimum wage salaries, while his son and daughter made just a fraction less than he paid himself.”

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  • “The IMSS system in Mazatlan is so very over-taxed that my Mexican husband (who is self-employed) and I have decided not to be part of the problem.”

    IMSS subscribers

  • “Two months ago, many of the roughly 70 Colorado groups affiliated with the tea party celebrated when political rookie Dan Maes, a self-employed businessman, won the Republican nomination for governor.”

    The Wall Street Journal: State Tea-Party Groups Splinter as Vote Nears

  • “I am self-employed and my modest business is internet based and perfect for an expat life.”

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  • “Pensions were the key topic on the agenda at a recent meeting of federal and provincial finance ministers, where they agreed in principle to create pooled registered pension plans that small-business employees and the self-employed can participate in.”

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  • “In later years he was a self-employed asphalt maintenance contractor and a fish and seafood salesman.”

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  • “An investigation by the Enquirer revealed that Mr. Nicholson was never in the Army, and that during the time he was allegedly a prisoner of war, he was a self-employed security guard in Florida.”

    Cincinnati Enquirer - Phony Veteran Exposed

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