party
/ˈpɑ(ː)ɾi/
A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action.
The contract requires that the party of the first part pay the fee.
A person.
A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.
A political group considered as a formal whole, united under one specific political platform of issues and campaigning to take part in government.
The green party took 12% of the vote.
A discrete detachment of troops, especially for a particular purpose.
The settlers were attacked early next morning by a scouting party.
A group of persons collected or gathered together for some particular purpose.
A part or division.