third party

Definitions

General English

• noun any person other than the two main parties involved in a contract or a civil case

Accounting

• noun a person other than the two main parties involved in a contract, e.g., in an insurance contract, anyone who is not the insurance company nor the person who is insured

Computing

• noun a company which supplies items or services for a system sold by one party, the seller, to another, the buyer

Idiom

• person other than the two principals in an argument, etc

Information & Library Science

• noun a person who becomes involved in a situation but is not one of the main parties

Law

• noun any person other than the two main parties involved in proceedings or contract

Politics

• noun any person other than the two main parties involved in a contract or some business
• noun another political party, beside the main two

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Contexts for “third party”

8 definitions in context
• General English
• Accounting
• Computing
• Idiom
• Information & Library Science
• Law
• Politics