Party

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Party \Par"ty\ (p[aum]r"t[y^]), n.; pl. {Parties}
     (p[aum]r"t[i^]z). [F. parti and partie, fr. F. partir to
     part, divide, L. partire, partiri. See {Part}, v.]
     1. A part or portion. [Obs.] "The most party of the time."
        --Chaucer.
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     2. A number of persons united in opinion or action, as
        distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community
        or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people
        is divided on questions of public policy.
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              Win the noble Brutus to our party.    --Shak.
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              The peace both parties want is like to last.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     3. A part of a larger body of company; a detachment;
        especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on
        special service.
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     4. A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a
        select company; as, a dinner party; also, the
        entertainment itself; as, to give a party.
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     5. One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes
        part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to
        the plot; a party to the contract.
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     6. The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an
        individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant.
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              The cause of both parties shall come before the
              judges.                               --Ex. xxii. 9.
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     7. Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed
        or antagonistic to another.
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              If the jury found that the party slain was of
              English race, it had been adjudged felony. --Sir J.
                                                    Davies.
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     8. Cause; side; interest.
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              Have you nothing said
              Upon this Party 'gainst the Duke of Albany? --Shak.
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     9. A person; as, he is a queer party. [Now accounted a
        vulgarism.]
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     Note: "For several generations, our ancestors largely
           employed party for person; but this use of the word,
           when it appeared to be reviving, happened to strike,
           more particularly, the fancy of the vulgar; and the
           consequence has been, that the polite have chosen to
           leave it in their undisputed possession." --Fitzed.
           Hall.
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     {Party jury} (Law), a jury composed of different parties, as
        one which is half natives and half foreigners.
  
     {Party man}, a partisan. --Swift.
  
     {Party spirit}, a factious and unreasonable temper, not
        uncommonly shown by party men. --Whately.
  
     {Party verdict}, a joint verdict. --Shak.
  
     {Party wall}.
        (a) (Arch.) A wall built upon the dividing line between
            two adjoining properties, usually having half its
            thickness on each property.
        (b) (Law) A wall that separates adjoining houses, as in a
            block or row.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Party \Par"ty\, adv.
     Partly. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Party \Par"ty\, a. [F. parti divided, fr. partir to divide. See
     {Part}, v., and cf. {Partite}.]
     1. (Her.) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of
        one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale.
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     2. Partial; favoring one party; partisan.
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              I will be true judge, and not party.  --Chaucer.
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     {Charter party}. See under {Charter}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  party
       n 1: an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot
            tried to organize a third party at the national level"
            [syn: {political party}]
       2: an occasion on which people can assemble for social
          interaction and entertainment; "he planned a party to
          celebrate Bastille Day"
       3: a band of people associated temporarily in some activity;
          "they organized a party to search for food"; "the company
          of cooks walked into the kitchen" [syn: {company}]
       4: a group of people gathered together for pleasure; "she
          joined the party after dinner"
       5: a person involved in legal proceedings; "the party of the
          first part"
       v : have or participate in a party; "The students were partying
           all night before the exam"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  366 Moby Thesaurus words for "party":
     Adamite, American Party, Anti-Monopoly Party, Bull Moose Party,
     Communist Party, Conservative Party, Constitutional Union Party,
     Democratic Party, Democratic-Republican Party, Farmer-Labor Party,
     Federalist Party, Free Soil Party, Greenback Party, Kaffeeklatsch,
     Know-Nothing Party, Labour Party, Liberal Party,
     Liberal Republican Party, Liberty Party, Mardi Gras,
     National Republican Party, Populist Party, Progressive Party,
     Prohibition Party, Republican Party, Saturnalia,
     Socialist Labor Party, Socialist Party, Socialist Workers Party,
     Tammany Hall, Tory Party, Whig Party, a party to, accessory,
     accomplice, accusant, accuser, actor, adherents, advocate,
     affiliation, age group, aid, allegator, alliance, ally, appellant,
     approver, assemblee, assembly, assignation, associate, at home,
     bacchanal, bacchanalia, backer, ball, band, banquet, bash,
     battalion, beano, being, bevy, bipartisan, biparty, bloc, blowout,
     body, branch, brawl, breakaway group, brigade, bunch, bust, cabal,
     cadre, caller, calling party, camp, carnival, carousal, carouse,
     cast, cat, caucus, celebration, certifier, champion, chap,
     character, church, city hall, claimant, clique, club, cluster,
     coalition, cocktail party, coffee klatch, cohort, colloquium,
     combine, commission, committee, communion, community, company,
     complainant, complement, conclave, concourse, confederacy,
     confederate, confederation, confirmer, congregation, congress,
     contingent, contributor, conventicle, convention, convocation,
     copartner, corps, cosignatory, cosigner, costume party, cotenant,
     coterie, council, covey, creature, crew, crowd, customer, dance,
     date, debauch, defendant, defender, delator, denomination,
     denominational, detachment, detail, diet, dinner, dinner party,
     division, do, donation party, duck, earthling, eisteddfod,
     endorser, entertainment, ethnic group, exponent, faction,
     factional, fair, feast, federation, fellow, fellowship, festival,
     festive occasion, festivity, fete, field day, fiesta, fleet,
     forgathering, forum, frolic, function, gala, gala affair, gala day,
     gang, garden party, gathering, get-together, great doings,
     groundling, group, grouping, groupment, guarantor, guy, hand, head,
     helper, hen party, high jinks, homo, hop, house party,
     house-raising, housewarming, human, human being, impeacher,
     impugner, in-group, indictor, individual, informer, insurer,
     interest, interest group, interested, jamboree, joker, junta,
     junto, kermis, lawn party, league, levee, libelant, life, litigant,
     litigationist, litigator, living soul, machine, major party, man,
     mask, masque, masquerade, masquerade party, meet, meeting,
     minor party, minority group, mob, mortal, movement,
     multiple party system, nose, notary, notary public, offshoot, one,
     one-party system, opposition party, order, organization, orgy,
     out-group, outfit, pack, panel, partaker, partial, participant,
     participator, parties litigant, partisan, partner, party in power,
     peer group, person, personage, personality, persuasion, petitioner,
     phalanx, phoner, picnic, plaintiff, platoon, plenum,
     political machine, political party, posse, pressure group, prom,
     promoter, proponent, prosecutor, quorum, rally, ratifier, rave,
     reception, regiment, religious order, rendezvous, ring, romp,
     salon, saturnalia, schism, school, seance, seconder, sect,
     sectarian, sectarism, sectary, sectional, segment, session, set,
     shareholder, sharer, shindig, shindy, shower, side, signatory,
     signer, silent majority, single, sit-in, sitting, smoker,
     social gathering, society, soiree, somebody, someone, soul,
     splinter, splinter group, splinter party, spree, squad, stable,
     stag, stag party, string, subscriber, suitor, supporter,
     surprise party, symposium, synod, team, telephoner, tellurian,
     terran, the prosecution, third party, tribe, troop, troupe,
     turnout, two-party system, underwriter, union, unit, upholder,
     variety, version, vocal minority, waygoose, wayzgoose, wing,
     wingding, witness, worldling
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  @-party /at'par`tee/ n. [from the @-sign in an Internet address] (alt.
     `@-sign party' /at'si:n par`tee/) A semi-closed party thrown for hackers
     at a science-fiction convention (esp. the annual World Science Fiction
     Convention or "Worldcon"); one must have a {network address} to get in,
     or at least be in company with someone who does. One of the most
     reliable opportunities for hackers to meet face to face with people who
     might otherwise be represented by mere phosphor dots on their screens.
     Compare {boink}.
  
     The first recorded @-party was held at the Westercon (a U.S. western
     regional SF convention) over the July 4th weekend in 1980. It is not
     clear exactly when the canonical @-party venue shifted to the Worldcon
     but it had certainly become established by Constellation in 1983. Sadly,
     the @-party tradition has been in decline since about 1996, mainly
     because having an @-address no longer functions as an effective lodge
     pin.
  
     We are informed, however, that rec.skydiving members have maintained a
     tradition of formation jumps in the shape of an @; picture at
     `http://www.birdwalk.com/DevilsWorkshop/favorites/source/6.html'.
  
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  @-party
       
           /at'par-tee/ (Or "@-sign party" /at'si:n par'tee/,
          from the {@} sign in an {electronic mail address}) A
          semi-closed party thrown for hackers at a science-fiction
          convention (especially the annual Worldcon); one must have an
          {electronic mail address} to get in, or at least be in company
          with someone who does.  One of the most reliable opportunities
          for hackers to meet {face-to-face} with people who might
          otherwise be represented by mere phosphor dots on their
          screens.
       
          Compare {boink}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1996-05-08)
       
       

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PARTY, practice, contracts. When applied to practice, by party is understood 
  either the plaintiff or defendant. In contracts, a party is one or more 
  persons who engage to perform or receive the performance of some agreement. 
  Vide Parties to contracts; Parties to 'actions; Parties to a suit in equity.