"general contractor" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "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.)"
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        [
          "contractor",
          "contractor"
        ],
        [
          "subcontractor",
          "subcontractor"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(construction, engineering) 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": [
        {
          "word": "prime contractor"
        },
        {
          "word": "main contractor"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "construction",
        "engineering",
        "manufacturing",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "contractor hired to manage a project",
          "word": "pääurakoitsija"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "contractor hired to manage a project",
          "word": "generálkivitelező"
        }
      ],
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        "general contractor"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "general contractor"
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      "glosses": [
        "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.)"
      ],
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          "construction",
          "construction"
        ],
        [
          "engineering",
          "engineering#Noun"
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        [
          "contractor",
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          "subcontractor",
          "subcontractor"
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        "(construction, engineering) 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.)"
      ],
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        "business",
        "construction",
        "engineering",
        "manufacturing",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "prime contractor"
    },
    {
      "word": "main contractor"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "contractor hired to manage a project",
      "word": "pääurakoitsija"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "contractor hired to manage a project",
      "word": "generálkivitelező"
    }
  ],
  "word": "general contractor"
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