general contractor

English

Noun

general contractor (plural general contractors)

1. A contractor hired to manage a project and to hire subcontractors. (If a customer serves as their own general contractor then this means they undertake the management tasks and the hiring of subcontractors.)

Synonyms

• prime contractor
• main contractor

Translations

contractor hired to manage a project

• Finnish: pääurakoitsija
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: generálkivitelező