Definition of "elance" [e•lance]

• To throw like a lance; to hurl. (verb)

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• "You can hire writers at places such as elance and RentaCoder, but if you've tried that, you'll know it can be done but it's not as easy as it sounds."
• "He suggests using a website like elance.com, where you can hire a freelancer for a one-off project, or tapping a social-media consulting service."
• "I spent the weekend networking, putting up a profile on elance.com, finally relenting and joining linkedin, and hanging out with friends."