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I grew up in Queensland, and my dad was a tradesman and my mum an insurance agent, both self-employed.
Grant Bowler

Meaning of "self-employed" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SELF-EMPLOYED

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELF-EMPLOYED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Self-Employed is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SELF-EMPLOYED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Self-employment

Self-employment is the act of generating one's income directly from customers, clients or other organizations as opposed to being an employee of a business. Generally tax authorities will view a person as self-employed if the person chooses to be recognized as such, or is generating income such that the person is required to file a tax return under legislation that subsists in the relevant jurisdiction. In the real world the critical issue for the taxing authorities is not that the person is trading but is whether the person is profitable and hence potentially taxable. In other words the activity of trading is likely to be ignored if no profit is present, so occasional and hobby- or enthusiast-based economic activity is generally ignored by authorities. Self-employed people generally find their own work rather than being provided with work by an employer, earning income from a trade or business that they operate.

Definition of self-employed in the English dictionary

The definition of self-employed in the dictionary is earning one's living in one's own business or through freelance work, rather than as the employee of another.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELF-EMPLOYED

self-educated
self-education
self-effacement
self-effacing
self-effacingly
self-elected
self-employment
self-esteem
self-evaluation
self-evidence
self-evident
self-evidently
self-examination
self-examining
self-excited
self-exculpatory
self-executing
self-existence
self-existent
self-explaining

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELF-EMPLOYED

annoyed
capital employed
long-term unemployed
overjoyed
Samoyed
subemployed
unalloyed
unannoyed
uncloyed
unconvoyed
underemployed
undestroyed
unemployed
unenjoyed

Synonyms and antonyms of self-employed in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SELF-EMPLOYED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «self-employed» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of self-employed

Translation of «self-employed» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SELF-EMPLOYED

Find out the translation of self-employed to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of self-employed from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «self-employed» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自雇的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

autónomo
570 millions of speakers

English

self-employed
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्वरोजगार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حُرُّ الـمِهْنَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

работающий на себя
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

autônomo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বনির্ভর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

indépendant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bekerja sendiri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

selbständig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自営業の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자영업의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyambut damel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tự làm chủ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுயதொழில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वयंरोजगार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kendi işinde çalışan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

autonomo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pracujący na własny rachunek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

приватний підприємець
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

independent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυτοαπασχολούμενος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

selfstandige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

egen företagare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selvstendig næringsdrivende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of self-employed

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-EMPLOYED»

The term «self-employed» is very widely used and occupies the 16.889 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-EMPLOYED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «self-employed» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «self-employed» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about self-employed

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4 QUOTES WITH «SELF-EMPLOYED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word self-employed.
1
Grant Bowler
I grew up in Queensland, and my dad was a tradesman and my mum an insurance agent, both self-employed.
2
Daniel H. Pink
If you understand the independent worker, the self-employed professional, the freelancer, the e-lancer, the temp, you understand how work and business in the U.S. operate today.
3
Iyanla Vanzant
I realized it was happening, but most people didn't realize it was happening. I mean, because as a self-employed person, when there is a recession or a cutback in the economy, we feel it first. Because many self-employed people provide services that are nonessential.
4
Victoria Wood
Sexual harassment at work... is it a problem for the self-employed?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELF-EMPLOYED»

Discover the use of self-employed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to self-employed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Money Book for Freelancers, Part-Timers, and the ...
This is a book for people like us, and we all know who we are.
Joseph D'Agnese, Denise Kiernan, 2010
2
Self-employed Tax Solutions: Quick, Simple, Money-saving, ...
And the rules often seem murky.Through clear language and concrete examples, tax consultant June Walker sets forth her hallmark quick, audit-proof Most Simple System for keeping concise records and missing not a single deduction--so you end ...
June Gail Patricia Walker, 2009
3
Self-employed Workers Organize: Law, Policy, and Unions
An investigation into the working conditions and organizational aspirations of self-employed workers.
Cynthia Cranford, 2005
4
Creatively Self-employed: How Writers and Artists Deal with ...
What's It Like to Live Off Your Talents?If you think that working from home in your pajamas-writing a book, painting a masterpiece or designing a work of art-sounds like a fun, carefree life . you're right!In this book, creative types ...
Kristen Fischer, 2006
5
Self Made Me: Why Being Self-Employed beats Everyday Employment
Self-Made Me shows you the tricks, the techniques, the must-dos, the never-dos, the secrets and the pitfalls of becoming a self-made you.
Geoff Burch, 2012
6
We Are Poor but So Many : The Story of Self-Employed Women ...
This volume is unique in that it will elaborate the specific experience and knowledge of Ela Bhatt in her and SEWA's journey and provide insights and knowledge that no outside researcher would ever be in a position to replicate.
Ela R. Bhatt, 2005
7
We Are All Self-Employed: How to Take Control of Your Career
Providing a clear roadmap for finding purpose and passion in work, this revised edition includes a refined Worklife Creed, greater emphasis on taking full responsibility for one's worklife and understanding and expressing one's own ...
Cliff Hakim, 2003
8
The 250 Questions Every Self-Employed Person Should Ask
With this book by your side, you can find happiness in your true calling.
Mary Mihaly, 2009
9
Social protection of the self-employed in the European Union
The most important congress reports have been compiled in this work containing articles on the growing importance of small and medium sized enterprises in Europe, a comparative analysis of the degree of social protection of the self ...
Paul Schoukens, 1994
10
Sales for the self-employed: small business toolkit
Provides small business owners with advice on selling products and services, stressing the importance of communication and problem solving skills rather than strong-arm sales techniques Your Sales Plan Ne
Martin Edic, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELF-EMPLOYED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term self-employed is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Self-employed Canadians looking to buy homes face tougher rules
Experts say lenders have become more stringent when it comes to providing mortgages to the self-employed, which could leave business owners shelling out ... «CTV News, Jul 15»
2
The High Cost of Being Self-Employed
If you are self-employed, you would have to cough up $30,582 to Uncle Sam, thanks to a combination of federal income taxes and Social Security and Medicare ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
3
Self-employed? Top ways to save for retirement
Of the almost 15 million Americans who are self-employed, 28 percent don't save for retirement at all, compared to just 10 percent of people who are working in ... «CNBC, Jun 15»
4
Self-employed? Six ways to boost your pension
More than one in seven people working in Britain are self-employed and thus face a particular challenge in saving for retirement. Unlike those in full employment ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
5
Self-employed in the arts: the good, the bad and the future
Since 2008/9, self-employed earnings have dropped by 22%. The typical self-employed person now earns 40% less than their employed counterpart. While you ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
6
Ed Miliband refused to send special election message for self
But one leading self-employed businessman said: 'Labour depends on union subscriptions for funding and in reality, few of the self-employed are union ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
7
QuickBooks Self-Employed
QuickBooks Self-Employed, Intuit's recently launched cloud-based accounting service, is clearly at the starter stage. For such a young service, it can already do ... «PC Magazine, Apr 15»
8
Can this self-employed consultant make her money last?
Oonah wonders if she should remain self-employed or try to find a job paying roughly the same. “Would I be better off becoming an employee of some company ... «The Globe and Mail, Mar 15»
9
Budget 2015: good news for the self-employed?
National insurance contributions for self-employed will be scrapped, as will ... tax return and class 2 national insurance contributions for the self-employed, and a ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
10
ATO ramps up data matching for self-employed tax
It's a move the main industry lobby says signals that the Coalition is being just as hard on the self-employed as the former Labor government was, despite ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Self-Employed [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/self-employed>. Apr 2024 ».
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