"self-employment" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: self- + employment Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|self|employment}} self- + employment Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} self-employment (uncountable)
  1. Working for oneself, as being an independent contractor. Tags: uncountable Translations (working for oneself): самазанятасць (samazanjatascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), 自由職業 (Chinese Mandarin), 自由职业 (zìyóu zhíyè) (Chinese Mandarin), 自我雇用 (zìwǒ gùyòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 自主創業 (Chinese Mandarin), 自主创业 (zìzhǔ chuàngyè) (Chinese Mandarin), 自營職業 (Chinese Mandarin), 自营职业 (zìyíng zhíyè) (Chinese Mandarin), 個體經營 (Chinese Mandarin), 个体经营 (gètǐ jīngyíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 自雇 (zìgù) (Chinese Mandarin), itsensä työllistäminen (Finnish), indépendant (French), Selbstständigkeit [feminine] (German), Selbständigkeit [feminine] (German), féinfhostaíocht [feminine] (Irish), samozatrudnienie [neuter] (Polish), самоза́нятость (samozánjatostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), самостоя́тельная за́нятость (samostojátelʹnaja zánjatostʹ) (Russian), autoempleo [masculine] (Spanish), serbest meslek (Turkish), самоза́йнятість (samozájnjatistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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