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  • noun One who is not an employer.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ employer

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Examples

  • It turns out, SBA's estimate includes more than 20 million "nonemployer" firms, an unknown number of them sideline or hobby businesses run by persons who actually make their living some other way.

    McCain's Small-Business Bunk 2008

  • Over the next year, large numbers of laid-off workers will start new single-person businesses, referred to be the Census bureau as "nonemployer" firms and defined as firms with no paid employees other than the business owner (s).

    Small Business Trends 2009

  • Over the next year, large numbers of laid-off workers will start new single-person businesses, referred to be the Census bureau as "nonemployer" firms and defined as firms with no paid employees other than the business owner (s).

    Small Business Trends 2009

  • (those "nonemployer" businesses) on a project-by-project basis rather than creating full-time positions.

    Small Business Trends 2009

  • (those "nonemployer" businesses) on a project-by-project basis rather than creating full-time positions.

    Small Business Trends 2009

  • According to the 2010 Index of Silicon Valley, an annual economic study of the area, the number of nonemployer firms in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara region rose 24.6% between 2002 and 2007 to 124,561.

    When Just One Desk Will Do Pui-Wing Tam 2010

  • But the strong growth in nonemployer firms — even for an area that already had entrepreneurial ferment — shows that the compact with large companies is broken, Mr. Hancock says.

    When Just One Desk Will Do Pui-Wing Tam 2010

  • According to the 2010 Index of Silicon Valley, an annual economic study of the area, the number of nonemployer firms in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara region rose 24.6% between 2002 and 2007 to 124,561.

    When Just One Desk Will Do Pui-Wing Tam 2010

  • The U.S. Census reports that there are 19.5 million nonemployer firms -- mom-and-pops -- and a large portion of this segment operates retail stores.

    The Promise Of E-Commerce 2010

  • Dubbed "nonemployer firms," they typically are sole proprietorships or one - or two-person shops.

    When Just One Desk Will Do Pui-Wing Tam 2010

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