self-employed

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self-employed

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not comparable Working for oneself, rather than for an employer. Police said Ko Sasaki, of no fixed address and who claims to be self-employed, took two packs of condoms, worth about 2,000 yen, and tried to leave the store without paying for them.

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adj working for oneself

Español	autónomo, independiente, por cuenta propia, por libre (freelance)
中文	自雇的 zìgù de, 自己當老闆的 /自己当老板的 zìjǐ dāng lǎobǎn de
Português	autónomo, autônomo
Français	indépendant, autonome
Deutsch	selbstständig, selbständig, freiberuflich, freischaffend
Italiano	autonomo
Ελληνικά	αυτοαπασχολούμενος aftoapascholoúmenos
Română	autonom
Русский	самоза́нятый samozánjatyj

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@misc{self_employed_2026,
  title = {self-employed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/self-employed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}