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:
- Party (law), a person or group of persons composing a single entity for the purposes of the law
- Political party, an organization that seeks to attain political power within a government
- 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
- Third party (politics), any minor party in any two-party system
- Wedding party, the bride, groom, bridesmaids, groomsmen and sometimes other participants in a wedding
- Architectural parti, the underlying idea behind a work of architecture.
- The members of an expedition, often armed. Sometimes synonymous with squad; e.g.:
- Hunting party
- Scouting party
Media
- Party (film), (1984) by Govind Nihalani.
- "Party", a 2007 episode of The Mighty Boosh.
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
See also
- The Party (disambiguation)
- Surprise party, a celebration that is not made known to one or more of the guests until it occurs
- Party(Comedy Album), a comedy album by Nick Swardson
