How to spell self-employed

hear it/,sɛlfɪm'plɔɪd/adjectivePrefixes and work

What it means: Working for oneself rather than an employer.

In a sentence: My dad is self-employed and works from home.

Same family: employed, employment, unemployed, employer, employee. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Self-employed is formed from 'self' and 'employed', where 'employ' comes from Old French 'employer', meaning 'to use' or 'to apply'. The idea of being 'self-employed' became common with the rise of small businesses and freelance work in modern economies.

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