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Meaning Of Party

  1. v.
    A part or portion.
  2. v.
    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.
  3. v.
    A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on special service.
  4. v.
    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.
  5. v.
    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.
  6. v.
    The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant.
  7. v.
    Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another.
  8. v.
    Cause; side; interest.
  9. v.
    A person; as, he is a queer party.
  10. v.
    Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale.
  11. v.
    Partial; favoring one party.
  12. adv.
    Partly.



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