Third Party

third side, third partner, third person, foreign factor

Third party is often used in the English language in connection with any relationship between two parties or entities to refer to some other person or entity with some involvement, and may refer to:Third party (politics), in any two-party system of politics, a third party is a party other than the two dominant onesThird-party developer, a hardware or software developer not directly tied to the primary product that a consumer is usingThird-party software component is a reusable software component developed to be either freely distributed or sold by an entity other than the original vendor of the development platformThird party (civil litigation), a party brought into a civil legal proceeding by a defendant or by another third partyThird party beneficiary, a person who may have the right to sue on a contract, despite not having originally been a party to the contract; see also, Privity of contractThird party insuranceThird-party verification (TPV) is a process of getting an independent third party company to confirm that the customer is actually requesting a change or ordering a new service or productThird party technique is a marketing strategy commonly employed by public relations firms, that involves placing a premeditated message in the "mouth of the media"Third party reproduction refers to a process where another person provides sperm or eggs or where another woman provides her uterus so that a woman can have a child
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Noun
1. someone other than the principals who are involved in a transaction
(hypernym) arbiter, arbitrator
2. a political party organized in opposition to the major parties in a two-party system
(hypernym) party, political party

(See also Accident) When referring to motor vehicle accidents; the Government being the first party and the government owned vehicle (GOV) operator being the second party, the third party is the other concern in an accident. (GSA2)

Synonyms and related words:
American Party, Anti-Monopoly Party, Bull Moose Party, Communist Party, Conservative Party, Constitutional Union Party, Democratic Party, Democratic-Republican Party, Farmer-Labor Party, Federalist Party, Free Soil Party, Greenback Party, Know-Nothing Party, Labour Party, Liberal Party, Liberal Republican Party, Liberty Party, National Republican Party, Populist Party, Progressive Party, Prohibition Party, Republican Party, Socialist Labor Party, Socialist Party, Socialist Workers Party, Tammany Hall, Tory Party, Whig Party, arbiter, arbitrator, camp, city hall, faction, impartial arbitrator, judge, machine, magistrate, major party, minor party, moderator, multiple party system, one-party system, opposition party, party, party in power, political machine, political party, referee, splinter party, two-party system, umpire, unbiased observer|