free-agency
31Free town — Free Free (fr[=e]), a. [Compar. {Freer} ( [ e]r); superl. {Freest} ( [e^]st).] [OE. fre, freo, AS. fre[ o], fr[=i]; akin to D. vrij, OS. & OHG. fr[=i], G. frei, Icel. fr[=i], Sw. & Dan. fri, Goth. freis, and also to Skr. prija beloved, dear, fr.… …
32Free trade — Free Free (fr[=e]), a. [Compar. {Freer} ( [ e]r); superl. {Freest} ( [e^]st).] [OE. fre, freo, AS. fre[ o], fr[=i]; akin to D. vrij, OS. & OHG. fr[=i], G. frei, Icel. fr[=i], Sw. & Dan. fri, Goth. freis, and also to Skr. prija beloved, dear, fr.… …
33Free trader — Free Free (fr[=e]), a. [Compar. {Freer} ( [ e]r); superl. {Freest} ( [e^]st).] [OE. fre, freo, AS. fre[ o], fr[=i]; akin to D. vrij, OS. & OHG. fr[=i], G. frei, Icel. fr[=i], Sw. & Dan. fri, Goth. freis, and also to Skr. prija beloved, dear, fr.… …
34Free-borough men — Free Free (fr[=e]), a. [Compar. {Freer} ( [ e]r); superl. {Freest} ( [e^]st).] [OE. fre, freo, AS. fre[ o], fr[=i]; akin to D. vrij, OS. & OHG. fr[=i], G. frei, Icel. fr[=i], Sw. & Dan. fri, Goth. freis, and also to Skr. prija beloved, dear, fr.… …
35free agent — free agency, free agentry. 1. a person who is self determining and is not responsible for his or her actions to any authority. 2. a professional athlete who is not under contract and is free to auction off his or her services and sign a contract… …
36free agent — ☆ free agent n. an athlete eligible to play a professional sport who is free to sign a contract with any team free agency n …
37Free agent — For other uses, see Free agent (disambiguation). In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise. The term came into wide use in after sports… …
38free agent — noun 1. (sports) a professional athlete who is free to sign a contract to play for any team • Topics: ↑sport, ↑athletics • Hypernyms: ↑professional, ↑pro 2. someone acting freely or even irresponsibly …
39Free agent (business) — In business, a free agent refers to someone who works independently for oneself, rather than for a single employer. [ [http://hr.blr.com/display.cfm/id/8153 Business Legal Reports: Study: Free Agent Workforce Grows] ] These include self employed… …
40agency — n. (pl. ies) 1 a the business or establishment of an agent (employment agency). b the function of an agent. 2 a active operation; action (free agency). b intervening action (fertilized by the agency of insects). c action personified (an invisible …
