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third party en · NOUN

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Meanings

1. Someone not directly involved in a transaction; an entity beyond the seller (first party) and customer (second party).
   • A seller may employ a third party to perform specific services to augment the value of a product, such as packing and distribution.
2. Someone only incidentally or tangentially connected to an incident or dispute; someone other than the principals; a bystander or independent witness.
3. (US) A political party in opposition to the main parties in a two-party system.
   • Those who belong to the Libertarian Party serve a much larger pro-liberty community and have the specific mission of electing libertarians to public office. They traditionally billed themselves as 'America's largest third party'. 2010, Duncan Watts, Dictionary of American Government and Politics, →ISBN, page 177:
4. A person or party not directly involved with an arrangement, in contrast to active parties, characteristically the first party (producer) and second party (consumer).

Forms

Deriveds

third-party · third-party · third partier

Relateds

second-party · first-party · second party · third · two-party system · first party · third-party · party · three-party system

Translations (48)

ka მესამე პირი (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · fa شخص ثالث (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · it terza parte (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · nb tredjepart (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · ro terț partid (political party in opposition to the main parties in a two-party system) · cmn 第三者 (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · ru тре́тье лицо́ (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · nb tredjemann (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · fi kolmas puolue (political party in opposition to the main parties in a two-party system) · tr üçüncü şahıs (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · it terzo (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · ja 第三者 (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · mk трета партија (political party in opposition to the main parties in a two-party system) · tr üçüncü kişi (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · pl osoba trzecia (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · ka მესამე მხარე (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · fr tierce partie f) (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · nn tredjemann (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · mr त्रयस्थ (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · fi kolmas osapuoli (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · fi kolmas (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · es tercero (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · it terzo polo (political party in opposition to the main parties in a two-party system) · pl trzecia partia (political party in opposition to the main parties in a two-party system) · cmn 第三方 (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · ka მესამე პარტია (political party in opposition to the main parties in a two-party system) · no tredjeperson (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · ko 제삼자 (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · ja 第三党 (political party in opposition to the main parties in a two-party system) · mr त्रयस्थ व्यक्ती (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · scn terzu (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · pt terceiros (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · mk трето лице (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · nl derde (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · de Dritte (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · da tredjepart (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · ro terț (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · nn tredjepart (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · fi ulkopuolinen (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · hu harmadik/kívülálló fél (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · fi kolmas henkilö (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · hi तृतीय पक्ष (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · sv tredje part (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · th บุคคลภายนอก (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · fr troisième parti (political party in opposition to the main parties in a two-party system) · sv tredje man (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · cs třetí strana (someone not directly involved in a transaction) · scn terza parti (someone not directly involved in a transaction)