self-employment

noun

Etymology

From self- + employment.

  1. derived from implicō
  2. derived from empleier
  3. derived from employer
  4. prefixed as self-employment — “self + employment

Definitions

  1. The act or practice of working for oneself, such as being an independent contractor.

    • Self-employment lacks the security of working for a big company, but at least the only idiot boss you will meet is yourself.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for self-employment. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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