third party

== English == === Alternative forms === 3rd party, 3d party === Pronunciation === === Noun === third party (plural third parties) (business, commerce) Someone not directly involved in a transaction; an entity beyond the seller (first party) and customer (second party). (law) Someone only incidentally or tangentially connected to an incident or dispute; someone other than the principals; a bystander or independent witness. (politics, chiefly US) A political party in opposition to the main parties in a two-party system. A person or party not directly involved with an arrangement, in contrast to active parties, characteristically the first party (producer) and second party (consumer). ==== Derived terms ==== third-party (adjective) third-party (verb) ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== two-party system three-party system third-party