Third party is often used in the English language in connection with any relationship between two parties or entities to refer to some other person or entity with some involvement, and may refer to:
- Third party (politics), in any two-party system of politics, a third party is a party other than the two dominant ones
- Third-party developer, a hardware or software developer not directly tied to the primary product that a consumer is using
- Third-party software component is a reusable software component developed to be either freely distributed or sold by an entity other than the original vendor of the development platform
- Third-party Maintenance, (TPM) is a maintenance provider other than the maintained product's manufacturer or the owner of said product. In a Two-party system of politics the term third party is sometimes applied to a party other than the two dominant ones A third-party developer is a developer not directly tied to the primary product that a consumer is using In Computer programming, third party software component is a reusable Software component developed to be either freely distributed or sold by an entity other than This term is frequently used in the computer maintenance industry.
- Third party (civil litigation), a party brought into a civil legal proceeding by a defendant or by another third party
- Third-party verification (TPV) is a process of getting an independent third party company to confirm that the customer is actually requesting a change or ordering a new service or product
- Third party technique is a marketing strategy commonly employed by public relations firms, that involves placing a premeditated message in the "mouth of the media"
- Third party reproduction refers to a process where another person provides sperm or eggs or where another woman provides her uterus so that a woman can have a child
- 3rd Party is the name of a 90's pop music group. A third party beneficiary, in the Law of Contracts, is a person who may have the right to sue on a contract despite not having originally been a party The doctrine of privity in Contract law provides that a Contract cannot confer rights or impose obligations arising under it on any person or agent except the parties Liability insurance is a part of the general Insurance system of Risk financing TPV (Third party verification is a process of getting an independent party to confirm that the Customer is actually requesting a change or ordering a new service or product Third party technique is a marketing strategy commonly employed by Public Relations (PR firms that involves placing a premeditated message in the "mouth of the media Third party reproduction refers to a process where another person provides sperm or eggs or where another woman provides her Uterus so that a woman can 3rd Party was a three-member dance-pop group that released a single album in 1997
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third party
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- a political party in opposition to the main parties in a two-party system
- someone not directly involved in a transaction. A third entity in the Seller (first party) and Customer (second party) relationship. A Seller may employ a third party to perform specific services to augment the value of a product. For example, a manufacturer may employ a third party to pack and distribute a product. A computer manufacturer may augment their product with software from a third party supplier
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