Freelance (Free-Lance) : 프리랜서로 일하다, 프리랜서로 일하는, 자유계약자로 일하는, 자유롭게(일하는), 독립적으로(일하는), (중세의) 영주에 소속되지 않은 무사
Freelancer : 프리랜서
1)
if somebody works freelance, there you go as an adverb, it means that they work for themselves, they are self-employed
rather than having a job in one organization on one company, they generally do different work for different companies
most journalists work freelance, they do particular pieces of work for companies but they don't have a long-term contract
you could earn your living as a freelancer, as a freelance worker
you are not tied to any particular company
you are self-employed and you work for different companies on different assignments
you could do freelance work, freelance photography, a freelance journalist
a freelance contract as an adjective
to work frelance as an adverb
or even as a verb, to freelance
he freelance in this industry
you could also use this, to act independently without orders from anyone else
that's an independent employee, an independent person
not somebody who works for a salary, it's somebody who doesn't have a salary
2)
the etymology of this word freelance
lance is the spear, the javelin that a knight uses for jousting or for fighting
that a person's lance is free means that they don't work for any particular lord or any particular person
they work for the person who they fight for and the person who pays them, so effectively it's a mercenary
that then came to mean the idea of a person who sells their services to clients without a long-term contract
Formality : 5.5 - 6
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