third party

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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. 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. 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'.
  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).

词形变化

third parties plural 3rd party alternative 3d party alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
third partier third-party
相关词
first-party first party party second party second-party third two-party system three-party system third-party
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