See Also: Third-Man-in Rule - Ice Hockey(gambling)
Rule of 72(finance)
Ten day rule(finance)
self-rule(dictionary)
Rule 405(finance)
Rule 14-d(finance)
His' rule(medicine)
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Rule(medicine)
Rule 13-d(finance)

freelance (oh) and Third-Man-in Rule - Ice Hockey (gambling)


freelance (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: free lance 'soldier in former times who sold his fighting skills to anyone']
working independently for different companies rather than being employed by one particular company
::She works freelance from Home.
freelance journalist/writer/photographer etc
-- freelance v [I]
::He's freelancing for several translation agencies.
-- freelance also freelancer
n [C]

Third-Man-in Rule - Ice Hockey (gambling)


The third man in a fight gets a game misconduct penalty and is out of the game for its duration; created to discourage players from jumping into a fight, even if they are only trying to break it up.