third party

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Synonyms: third-party

Antonyms: third-party

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|business}} {{lb|en|business|commerce}} Someone not directly involved in a [[transaction]]; an entity beyond the [[seller]] (first party) and [[customer]] (second party).
2. {{lb|en|law}} Someone only incidentally or tangentially connected to an incident or dispute; someone other than the [[principal]]s; a bystander or independent witness.
3. {{lb|en|politics|chiefly US}} A [[political party]] in [[opposition]] to the main parties in a [[two-party system]].
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]]).

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