I. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective
Etymology: free lance
: of, relating to, or befitting a free lance
free-lance factual articles — Americana Annual
sold … free-lance material to newsreel companies — Current Biography
free-lance illustrating — Print
especially : independent or being under no long-term especially contractual commitment to any person, company, group, or ideology
a free-lance writer
a free-lance designer of window displays — Current Biography
the alliance in this country between free-lance intellect and formal political power — Times Literary Supplement
left shortly for a period of free-lance missionary work in Chicago — Carey McWilliams
a free-lance wearing-apparel salesman — New York Times
the free-lance or lone-wolf gambler is a survival of the old frontier days — D.W.Maurer
II. verb
Etymology: free lance
intransitive verb
: to act as a free lance
spent ten years on the Times, until 1924, when he left to free-lance; has written novels; has contributed to magazines — Bernard Kalb
transitive verb
: to offer or contract for the purchase of in the manner of a free lance
tried free-lancing his sketches in New York and London
the others still free-lance their instrumental talents or sing at churches and with choral groups — Martin Mayer
especially : to write and submit for publication in the manner of a free-lance writer
he free-lanced pieces for British publications