self-employment

English

Etymology

self- +‎ employment

Noun

self-employment (uncountable)

1. Working for oneself, as being an independent contractor.

   Self-employment lacks the security of working for a big company, but at least the only idiot boss you will meet is yourself.

Translations

working for oneself

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: самазанятасць f (samazanjatascʹ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自由職業／自由职业 (zh) (zìyóu zhíyè), 自我雇用 (zìwǒ gùyòng), 自主創業／自主创业 (zìzhǔ chuàngyè), 自營職業／自营职业 (zìyíng zhíyè), 個體經營／个体经营 (gètǐ jīngyíng), 自雇 (zìgù)

• Finnish: itsensä työllistäminen
• French: indépendant (fr)
• German: Selbstständigkeit (de) f, Selbständigkeit (de) f
• Irish: féinfhostaíocht f
• Polish: samozatrudnienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: самоза́нятость (ru) f (samozánjatostʹ), самостоя́тельная за́нятость (samostojátelʹnaja zánjatostʹ)
• Spanish: autoempleo (es) m
• Turkish: serbest meslek (tr)
• Ukrainian: самоза́йнятість f (samozájnjatistʹ)