Party vs Unit - What's the difference?
party | unit | Synonyms |
(lb) A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action.
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*:If the jury found that the party slain was of English race, it had been adjudged felony.
(lb) A person.
# A person; an individual.
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A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.
*1912 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Ch.6:
*:A mile back in the forest the tribe had heard the fierce challenge of the gorilla, and, as was his custom when any danger threatened, Kerchak called his people together, partly for mutual protection against a common enemy, since this gorilla might be but one of a party of several, and also to see that all members of the tribe were accounted for.
A political group considered as a formal whole, united under one specific political platform of issues and campaigning to take part in government.
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*:"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day.A strong man—a strong one; and a heedless." ¶ "Of what party is he?" she inquired, as though casually.
(lb) A discrete detachment of troops, especially for a particular purpose.
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(lb) A social gathering.
#A gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing.
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#A group of people traveling or attending an event together, or participating in the same activity.
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#A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them.
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Participants.
#(lb) Active player characters organized into a single group.
#(lb) Group of characters controlled by the player.
(lb) A part or division.
*, Bk.II, Ch.xv:
*:And so the moost party of the castel that was falle doune thorugh that dolorous stroke laye vpon Pellam and balyn thre dayes.
To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.
(intransitive, slang, euphemistic) To take recreational drugs.
* 2004 , Daniel Nicholas Shields, Firewoman
(gaming, online gaming, intransitive) To form a party (with).
(obsolete, except in compounds) Divided; in part.
(heraldry) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries.
(obsolete) Partly.
(sciences) A standard measure of a quantity.
The number one.
An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.
(military, informal) A member of a military organization.
(US, military) Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organizationJoint Publication 1-02 U.S. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms; 12 April 2001 (As Amended Through 14 April 2006). .
(US, military) An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force.
(US, military) A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued or used. In this meaning, also called unit of issue.
(US, military) With regard to Reserve Components of the Armed Forces, denotes a Selected Reserve unit organized, equipped, and trained for mobilization to serve on active duty as a unit or to augment or be augmented by another unit. Headquarters and support functions without wartime missions are not considered units.
(algebra) An element of a ring having a multiplicative inverse. (Formerly just the identity element 1R of a ring.)
(geology) A volume of rock or ice of identifiable origin and age range that is defined by the distinctive and dominant, easily mapped and recognizable petrographic, lithologic or paleontologic features (facies) that characterize it.
(commerce) An item which may be sold singly.
(UK, electricity) One kilowatt-hour (as recorded on an electricity meter).
(Australia, New Zealand) a measure of housing equivalent to the living quarters of one household, an apartment where a group of apartments is contained in one or more multi-storied buildings or a group of dwellings is in one or more single storey buildings, usually arranged around a driveway.
(historical) A gold coin of the reign of James I, worth twenty shillings.
For each unit.
(mathematics) Having a size or magnitude of one.
* 1990 , William W. S. Wei, Time Series Analysis , ISBN 0201159112, page 9:
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Party is a synonym of unit.
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is party (social gathering for fun).As a verb unit is
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(wikipedia party)Etymology 1
From (etyl) partie, (etyl) partie, from ; see part.Noun
(parties)Synonyms
* (social gathering) * bash * do * rave * See alsoDerived terms
* after-party/afterparty * agrarian party * beach party * bachelor party * bachelorette party * block party * boarding party * bucks' party * charter party * cocktail party * coming-out party * concert party * Conservative party * costume party * cross-party * dinner party * fatigue party * green party * hen party * house party * Independence Party * keg party * LAN party * landing party * lawn party * life of the party * major party * minor party * mushroom party * necktie party * one-party * partay * party and party costs * party animal * party blower * party boss * party boy * party bus * party-coated * party costs * party dress * party crasher * party favor * party game * party girl * party jury * party line * party of the fist part * party of the second part * party pie * party politics * party pooper * party puffer * party school * party spirit * party state * party strengths (see strength) * party to the action * party tray * party trick * party wall * party whip * partyer * partygoer * partyism * political party * pool party * prevailing party * rescue party * sausage party * search party * slumber party * splinter party * stag party * surprise party * tailgate party * tea party * throw a party * third party * three-party * toga party * Tupperware party * two-party * war party * wedding partyVerb
- We partied until the early hours.
- “Miss, do you party ?” the boy asked. “What?” Jennifer asked back. “Do you smoke? I'll get you some cheap. One American dollar equals forty Jamaican dollars. I'll get you as much of the stuff as you need.”
- If you want to beat that monster, you should party with a healer.
Derived terms
* party down * party onStatistics
*Etymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) . More at (l).Adjective
(-)- an escutcheon party per pale
Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)Adverb
(-)- (Chaucer)
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English
(Unit)Noun
(en noun)- The centimetre is a unit of length.
- This pill provides 500 units of Vitamin E.
- He was a member of a special police unit .
- The fifth tank brigade moved in with 20 units .'' (''i.e., 20 tanks )
- We shipped nearly twice as many units this month as last month.
- (Camden)
Synonyms
* (identity element) identity element, unit elementAdjective
(-)- We have to keep our unit costs down if we want to make a profit.
- Consider the following time sequence
- where is a random variable with a zero mean and a unit variance and is a random variable with a uniform distribution on the interval independent of .