Party (disambiguation)

A party is a social gathering primarily for celebration and recreation.

Party may also refer to an individual person, or group of individuals:

*Party (pronoun), used to identify a grammatical person:
**"First-party" pronoun, such as we
**"Second-party" pronoun, such as you
**"Third-party" pronoun, such as they

*one or more participants in the context of a legal, business, or political relationship:
**First party, a principal in the relationship (referring to self) or the obvious dominant principal
**Second party, the other principals in the relationship
**Third party (disambiguation), some other person or entity with some involvement (many uses across many disciplines)

*Party (law), a person or group of persons composing a single entity for the purposes of the law

*a party in politics:
**Political party, an organization that seeks to attain political power within a government
**Third party (politics), any minor party in any two-party system
**The Party (politics) can refer to a dominant political party in a country, often the "only" party (in a single party systems). For example, in reference to the Soviet Union, the Party means the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

*Wedding party, the bride, groom, bridesmaids, groomsmen and sometimes other participants in a wedding
*The members of an expedition, often armed. Sometimes synonymous with squad; e.g.:
**Hunting party
**Scouting party

Parti (a foreign spelling) may also refer to:
*Architectural parti, the underlying idea behind a work of architecture.
*a foreign political party - possibly also "Partia"
**See , usually foreign political parties.

Media

* Party (film), (1984) by Govind Nihalani.
* "Party", a 2007 episode of "The Mighty Boosh"
* Party (Nick Swardson album), a comedy album by Nick Swardson

Technology

*A party, in role-playing games, is a group of game characters working together for a common purpose, generally comprised of the participating player characters.
*Third-party developer, hardware or software developer not directly tied to the primary product that a consumer is using

in the video game industry:
*First-party developer, a division of a console manufacturer, who develops games for the company's video game console
*Second-party developer, a company that is tied to, and makes games specifically for, a console manufacturer
*Third-party developer, a company licensed by, but not directly tied to, a console manufacturer

ee also

*The Party (disambiguation)
*Surprise party, a celebration that is not made known to one or more of the guests until it occurs