"third-party" meaning in English

See third-party in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} third-party (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to a third party. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-third-party-en-adj-866-NIM-
  2. Of or relating to a third party.
    (computing, hardware, software) Of products, created or published by an independent publisher or manufacturer or its internal development teams, as opposed to first-party and second-party.
    Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Computing, Software Translations (Translations): tiers [masculine] (French), von Dritten (German), terț [masculine] (Romanian), üçüncü şahsa ait (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-third-party-en-adj-TamwYQw9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 63 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 56 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 59 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 63 33 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 6 58 36 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 57 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 28 49 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 27 50 23 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software Disambiguation of 'Translations': 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 3d-party, 3rd-party Related terms: first-party, first party, party, second party, second-party, third

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-third-party.wav Forms: third-parties [present, singular, third-person], third-partying [participle, present], third-partied [participle, past], third-partied [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} third-party (third-person singular simple present third-parties, present participle third-partying, simple past and past participle third-partied)
  1. (video games) To intervene in a fight between two players or teams, often allowing one to easily defeat both (sometimes seen as unfair). Categories (topical): Video games Related terms: clean up
    Sense id: en-third-party-en-verb-1rQr3iky Topics: video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 3d-party, 3rd-party

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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