third party
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- Someone not directly involved in a transaction; an entity beyond the seller (first party) and customer (second party).
- Someone only incidentally or tangentially connected to an incident or dispute; someone other than the principals; a bystander or independent witness.
- A political party in opposition to the main parties in a two-party system.
Adjective
- Of or relating to a third party.
- Of or relating to a third party: Of products, created or published by an independent publisher or manufacturer or its internal development teams, as opposed to first-party and second-party.
Verb
- To intervene in a fight between two players or teams, often allowing one to easily defeat both (sometimes seen as unfair).
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