self-employment

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self-employment

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  1. uncountable 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.

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noun working for oneself

Españolautoempleo
中文自由職業 /自由职业 zìyóu zhíyè, 自我雇用 zìwǒ gùyòng, 自主創業 /自主创业 zìzhǔ chuàngyè, 自營職業 /自营职业 zìyíng zhíyè, 個體經營 /个体经营 gètǐ jīngyíng, 自雇 zìgù
Françaisindépendant
DeutschSelbstständigkeit, Selbständigkeit
Русскийсамоза́нятость samozánjatostʹ, самостоя́тельная за́нятость samostojátelʹnaja zánjatostʹ

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@misc{self_employment_2026,
  title = {self-employment},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/self-employment},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}