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单词 self-employed
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Definition of self-employed in English:

self-employed

adjective ˌsɛlfɪmˈplɔɪdˈˌsɛlf əmˈplɔɪd
  • 1Working for oneself as a freelance or the owner of a business rather than for an employer.

    a self-employed builder
    Example sentencesExamples
    • More than half of all Somalis are self-employed, as herders, farmers, or independent business owners.
    • He was working as a self-employed IT consultant and was doing well.
    • It's the kind of business that many self-employed people aspire to, but few manage to achieve.
    • If you are self-employed or your employer does not offer benefits such as those above, there are two main areas likely to be of great relevance.
    • Most islanders are self-employed builders, fiddle-makers, boat-makers or jewellers.
    • However, the experience gave the self-employed businessman a day to remember for the rest of his life.
    • Inspired by his love of safari animals, the self-employed builder will make the month-long trip in October this year.
    • Dividends are not liable to NICs so the worker will pay less in NICs than either a conventional employee or a self-employed person.
    • She is now a self-employed consultant advising on the workings of the Scottish parliament.
    • I work as a consultant for an insurance company, training self-employed agents to run their businesses more efficiently.
    • The remaining three-quarters operated as freelance or self-employed individuals.
    • How many self-employed people in small business get anything like 4 weeks' annual leave?
    • The price of health insurance for many self-employed workers and small businesses became unaffordable.
    • Only this time, being self-employed or running the business, they take all the risks.
    • When they were in government a lot of small businesses and self-employed people went bust.
    • Paul is a self-employed builder and joiner but keeps around 10 to 15 sows at one time in a paddock next to his bungalow.
    • They are self-employed business people who travel the country holding fairs, chiefly during the summer months.
    • She began as a self-employed cosmetics consultant, which involved running parties at peoples' homes.
    • The respondent husband is a self-employed businessman in the City of Niagara Falls.
    • This contribution will apply to employers, employees and self-employed persons.
    Synonyms
    freelance, independent, one's own boss, working for oneself, casual
    consultant, consulting
    temporary, part-time, jobbing, visiting, non-resident, outside, external, extramural, peripatetic
    1. 1.1 Relating to or designed for people working for themselves.
      the rules for self-employed pension plans have been altered
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This could apply to all wives who are part of the self-employed business.
      • For those of us with self-employed pension schemes, it is another year before the end-of-October tax relief deadline looms.

Rhymes

avoid, Boyd, Coed, droid, Floyd, Freud, Lloyd, overjoyed, unalloyed, underemployed, unemployed, void
 
 

Definition of self-employed in US English:

self-employed

adjectiveˈˌself əmˈploidˈˌsɛlf əmˈplɔɪd
  • 1Working for oneself as a freelancer or the owner of a business rather than for an employer.

    a self-employed builder
    Example sentencesExamples
    • More than half of all Somalis are self-employed, as herders, farmers, or independent business owners.
    • When they were in government a lot of small businesses and self-employed people went bust.
    • Inspired by his love of safari animals, the self-employed builder will make the month-long trip in October this year.
    • How many self-employed people in small business get anything like 4 weeks' annual leave?
    • This contribution will apply to employers, employees and self-employed persons.
    • If you are self-employed or your employer does not offer benefits such as those above, there are two main areas likely to be of great relevance.
    • Paul is a self-employed builder and joiner but keeps around 10 to 15 sows at one time in a paddock next to his bungalow.
    • However, the experience gave the self-employed businessman a day to remember for the rest of his life.
    • The remaining three-quarters operated as freelance or self-employed individuals.
    • The respondent husband is a self-employed businessman in the City of Niagara Falls.
    • Most islanders are self-employed builders, fiddle-makers, boat-makers or jewellers.
    • Dividends are not liable to NICs so the worker will pay less in NICs than either a conventional employee or a self-employed person.
    • She began as a self-employed cosmetics consultant, which involved running parties at peoples' homes.
    • It's the kind of business that many self-employed people aspire to, but few manage to achieve.
    • I work as a consultant for an insurance company, training self-employed agents to run their businesses more efficiently.
    • The price of health insurance for many self-employed workers and small businesses became unaffordable.
    • She is now a self-employed consultant advising on the workings of the Scottish parliament.
    • Only this time, being self-employed or running the business, they take all the risks.
    • They are self-employed business people who travel the country holding fairs, chiefly during the summer months.
    • He was working as a self-employed IT consultant and was doing well.
    Synonyms
    freelance, independent, one's own boss, working for oneself, casual
    1. 1.1 Relating to or designed for people working for themselves.
      the rules for self-employed pension plans have been altered
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This could apply to all wives who are part of the self-employed business.
      • For those of us with self-employed pension schemes, it is another year before the end-of-October tax relief deadline looms.
 
 
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