Is It Freelance or Free Lance?

verb (used without object), free·lanced, free·lanc·ing. to act or work as a freelance: The illustrator used to be employed by us but is freelancing now. verb (used with object), free·lanced, free·lanc·ing. to produce, sell, or accomplish as a freelance: to freelance a magazine article.

Is freelance or free lance?

Freelance (sometimes spelled free-lance or free lance), freelancer, or freelance worker, are terms commonly used for a person who is self-employed and not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term.

Is freelancer one word or two?

"Freelance" was originally two words, "free" and "lance", which references independent workers and the weapons they used. Here we see a Bedouin warrior, a nomad and independent worker with a lance, around 1900. Like those in time past, their separate clients and the tools they use today also identify freelancers.