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131Self-Employed — A situation in which an individual works for himself or herself instead of working for an employer that pays a salary or a wage. A self employed individual earns their income through conducting profitable operations from a trade or business that… …
132self-aggrandizement — [[t]se̱lf əgræ̱ndɪzmənt[/t]] N UNCOUNT (disapproval) (in BRIT, also use self aggrandisement) If you say that someone is guilty of self aggrandizement, you mean that they do certain things in order to make themselves more powerful, wealthy, or… …
