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gig economies

gig economies is the plural of gig economy.

Meaning of gig economy

Noun

gig economy (plural gig economies)

  1. That part of the economy consisting of people who work in a transient, contract or self-employed capacity, as opposed to being permanent employees of a business.
    • But suddenly, the debate has imploded; the gig economy may be a myth. A new survey by the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that, in 2017, the share of workers in “alternative employment arrangements” (gig jobs and other) was 10.1 percent of total employment, almost exactly what it was in 2005 (10.7...2018 June 17, Robert J. Samuelson, “Is the gig economy a myth?”, in The Washington Post

Questions about gig economies

What is gig economies the plural of?
Gig economies is the plural of gig economy.

Words near gig economies in the dictionary

  1. gifty
  2. Gifu
  3. gig
  4. gig bag
  5. gig bags
  6. gig economies
  7. gig economy
  8. Gig Harbor
  9. gig house
  10. gig houses
  11. gig work

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gig economies (page history and authors); gig economy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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