third party

1. A political party organized as opposition to the existing parties in a two-party system.

2. One other than the principals involved in a transaction: I pay rent to a third party, not directly to the landlord.

third party

(Law) a person who is involved by chance or only incidentally in a legal proceeding, agreement, or other transaction, esp one against whom a defendant claims indemnity

adj

(Business / Insurance) Insurance providing protection against liability caused by accidental injury or death of other persons or damage to their property

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Noun	1.	third party - someone other than the principals who are involved in a transaction arbitrator, umpire, arbiter - someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue; "the critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature"; "the arbitrator's authority derived from the consent of the disputants"; "an umpire was appointed to settle the tax case"
	2.	third party - a political party organized in opposition to the major parties in a two-party system party, political party - an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"

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third party n (Law) → terzo

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alienation of affection
arbitrator
Contendent
escrow
external support contractors
foreign nation support
Lady Macbeth strategy
letter of introduction
performance bond
primary source
third
third party insurance
thirdly
three-way calling

I am sure there ought to be no third party present at anything so very kind and so very serious; and so, if you'll remove the third party upstairs, my dear, the third party will retire.

Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context

Regarding myself, however, from the point of view of a third party, I should say that the thing I was most in need of was the society of my fellow creatures.

The Malefactor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context

Everything had to be done through a third party, and generally in duplicate.

The Illustrious Prince by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context

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Third normal form
Third normal form
Third Nuclear Age
third occipital nerve
third of May
Third option
Third Orbit Power Systems
Third Order
Third Order Dispersion
third order H's s
third order H's s
third order H's s
Third Order Harmonics
Third Order Intercept
Third Order Intercept Point
Third Order Intermodulation
Third Order of Preachers
Third Order of St. Francis
Third Order of St. Francis
Third Order Regular
Third Order Regular of St. Francis
Third Order Secular of the Most Holy Trinity
Third Order, Society of St. Francis
Third Orders
Third Parallel Printer Port
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Third Party Abstraction Layer
Third Party Access
Third party administrator
Third Party Agreement
Third Party Annotation
Third Party Application Maintenance
Third Party Application Support
Third Party Approval
Third Party Assessment
Third Party Asset Management
Third Party Auditor
Third Party Automation Kit
Third party beneficiary
Third Party Billing Code
Third Party Bodily Injury
Third Party Call Control
Third Party Certificate
Third Party Certificate Authority
Third Party Claims Management
Third Party Collection Program
Third Party Content Hosting
Third Party Damage
Third Party Debt Order
Third Party Deductible