autónomo

adj. autonomous, independent; self-contained; self employed

n. business owner, independent contractor

adj. autonomous, self governing; self employed; freelance

n. autonomy; self employed, independent, independent contractor. business owner

adj. autonomous, independent; self-contained

= autonomous, self-contained, self-supporting, stand-alone [standalone], autonomic, free-standing, self-employed, freelance, self-governing.
Ex: There is a tendency to advance propositions premised upon the assumption that SLIS are organizationally autonomous.
Ex: From mainframe and mini-computers in the 60s and 70s the trend of the 80s is towards micro-based, self-contained personal computers on the one hand, and superfast, high-performance computers on the other.
Ex: Three self-supporting scales for the measurement of reading attitude were used, namely, the questionnaires of Estes, Heathington, and La Pray.
Ex: BLCMP (originally Birminghan Libraries Cooperative Mechanisation Project) is a co-operative venture which embraces both network and stand-alone services, and batch and online services.
Ex: A search for literature on the relationship between the autonomic nervous system and speech was performed on four data bases.
Ex: A free-standing terminal is a computer in its own right, which processes and stores data about the transactions and which may also exchange data with a central computer at predetermined intervals, say at the end of a working day.
Ex: In the quest for self-employment the author established himself as a self-employed historical researcher specialising in detailed histories of private and business properties.
Ex: Volunteer or freelance abstractors may be drawn from the specialists working in academic institutions and trained in abstracting.
Ex: Universities are entirely self-governing and therefore any cooperation between them is purely on a voluntary basis.
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* de desarrollo autónomo = self-evolving.
* funcionar de un modo autónomo = operate under + an autonomous hand.
* trabajador autónomo = freelancer [free-lancer].