third party

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Noun

third party (countable and uncountable; plural third parties)

1. someone not directly involved in a transaction. A third entity in the Seller (first party) and Customer (second party) relationship. A Seller may employ a third party to perform specific services to augment the value of a product. For example, a manufacturer may employ a third party to pack and distribute a product. A computer manufacturer may augment their product with software from a third-party supplier.
2. someone only incidentally or tangentially connected to an incident or dispute; someone other than the principals; a bystander or independent witness.
3. a political party in opposition to the main parties in a two-party system

Translations

someone not directly involved in a transaction.

• Danish: tredjepart (da) c
• Finnish: kolmas osapuoli (fi), kolmas henkilö (fi), kolmas (fi); ulkopuolinen (fi)
• French: tiers (fr) m
• German: Dritte (de) pl
• Japanese: 第三者 (ja) (daisansha)
• Korean: 제삼자 (ko) (jesamja)

• Macedonian: трето лице (mk) (tréto líce) n
• Norwegian: tredjeperson (no) pl
• Polish: osoba trzecia (pl) f
• Russian: третье лицо (ru) (tret'ye litso) n 
• Spanish: terceros (es) m pl
• Turkish: üçüncü kişi (tr), üçüncü şahıs (tr)

a political party in opposition to the main parties in a two-party system

• Finnish: kolmas puolue (fi)
• French: troisième parti m

• Japanese: 第三党 (ja) (daisantō)
• Macedonian: трета партија (mk) (tréta pártija) f

Derived terms

• third-party (adjective)