Definition of "party" []

• A social gathering especially for pleasure or amusement: a cocktail party. (noun)
• A group of people who have gathered to participate in an activity. See Synonyms at band2. (noun)
• An established political group organized to promote and support its principles and candidates for public office. (noun)
• A person or group involved in an enterprise; a participant or an accessory: I refuse to be a party to your silly scheme. (noun)
• Law A person or group involved in a legal proceeding as a litigant. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "You have to tow the party line to get the nomination, even though that \'party line\ 'is so far out of the mainstream.'"
• "Now, there you have at once the reason why we want the ballot; we want to be able to do something for the party in a substantial way, so that men may not tell us they have no room for us because we do nothing _for the party_."
• "Well, then, so far as there is no law, there is the reign of influence; there is party without of necessity _party_ action."