par·ty /ˈpɑrti/
 黨派,政黨;集會,聚會(vi.)經過,穿過,超過;及格,合格;傳遞穿過,經過
 party
 團體
 Par·ty n.; pl. Parties
 1. A part or portion. [Obs.] “The most party of the time.”
 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.
    Win the noble Brutus to our party.   --Shak.
    The peace both parties want is like to last.   --Dryden.
 3. A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially Mil., a small body of troops dispatched on special service.
 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.
 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.
 6. The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant.
    The cause of both parties shall come before the judges.   --Ex. xxii. 9.
 7. Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another.
    If the jury found that the party slain was of English race, it had been adjudged felony.   --Sir J. Davies.
 8. Cause; side; interest.
 Have you nothing said
 Upon this Party 'gainst the Duke of Albany?   --Shak.
 9. A person; as, he is a queer party. [Now accounted a vulgarism.]
 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.
 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.
 Par·ty, a.
 1. Her. Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale.
 2. Partial; favoring one party; partisan.
    I will be true judge, and not party.   --Chaucer.
 Charter party. See under Charter.
 Par·ty, adv. Partly. [Obs.]
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 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"