Third party

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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. 2
    a political party organized in opposition to the major parties in a two-party system wordnet
  3. 3
    Someone only incidentally or tangentially connected to an incident or dispute; someone other than the principals; a bystander or independent witness.
  4. 4
    someone other than the principals who are involved in a transaction wordnet
  5. 5
    A political party in opposition to the main parties in a two-party system. US

    "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'."

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  1. 6
    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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