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FREE LANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does free lance mean?
• FREE LANCE (noun)
The noun FREE LANCE has 1 sense:
1. a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
Familiarity information: FREE LANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
free-lance; free lance; freelance; freelancer; independent; self-employed person
Hypernyms ("free lance" is a kind of...):
worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)
Derivation:
freelance (work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer)
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