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third party

noun, adj, verb — 7 senses

third party

nounalso spelled third-party
1

Business, Commerce 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

Law Someone only incidentally or tangentially connected to an incident or dispute; someone other than the principals; a bystander or independent witness.

3

Government, Politics 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).

Derived terms
third partier, third-party
Related terms
first-party, first party, party, second party, second-party, third, two-party system, three-party system, third-party

third-party

adj
1

Of or relating to a third party.

2

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences, Software Of products, created or published by an independent publisher or manufacturer or its internal development teams, as opposed to first-party and second-party.

  • a third-party video game; a third-party character; third-party hardware
  • Not all of my vibecoding experiments have been successful. I've been struggling for weeks to build an "inbox autopilot" tool capable of responding to my emails automatically, in my writing style. I've encountered roadblocks when trying to integrate A.I. work flows into apps like Google Photos and iOS Voice Memos, which aren't designed to play well with third-party add-ons.2025 February 27, “Not a Coder? With A.I., Just Having an Idea Can Be Enough.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2025:
Related terms
first-party, first party, party, second party, second-party, third

third-party

verb
1

Video games To intervene in a fight between two players or teams, often allowing one to easily defeat both (sometimes seen as unfair).

  • A very common mistake that Fortnite players make is being too exposed during their fights. The first step is to acknowledge that they can get third-partied.2022 February 12, Aakrit Sharma, “8 things Fortnite pros do during a 3rd party situation (& you should too)”, in Sportskeeda:
  • While the majority of players have given up with Seer, there are a select few who believe he still has a place in the meta. One of them is aceu, who recently explained on stream why Seer is still a strong pick due to his ability to "third-party" opponents.2022 April 27, Alex Garton, “Aceu claims Seer is actually "meta" in Apex Legends for third-partying”, in Dexerto:
1 more example
  • Not only that, but you can also gauge the whereabouts of their target, making it easier to third-party them.2022 June 21, Josh Brown, Joseph Yaden, “Call of Duty: Warzone tips and tricks to win the war”, in Digital Trends:
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Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for third party and third-party.