counterparty

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noun

The other party to a financial transaction.

“Near-synonym: counterpart”

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counterpart
OriginEnglish party ← Middle English counter- ← Anglo-Norman countre- →
Less commonScrabble 19
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Meanings

nouncounterparty (plural counterparties)

plural counterparties · alternative counter-party

  1. businessThe other party to a financial transaction.

    Near-synonym: counterpart

    Synonyms: counterpart

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe other party to a financial transaction.

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counterpart
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counterpart

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Proto-Italic*komteros
  6. Proto-Italic*komterād
  7. Latincontrā
  8. Old Frenchcontre-
  9. Anglo-Normancountre-
  10. Middle Englishcounter-
  11. Englishcounter-
  12. Englishparty
  13. Englishcounterparty

From counter- + party.

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Translations

Bulgarian насрещен участник
  • насрещен участник (nasrešten učastnik)other party to a financial transaction
Czech protistrana
  • protistranaother party to a financial transaction
Danish modpart
  • modpartother party to a financial transaction
Finnish vastapuoli
  • vastapuoliother party to a financial transaction
German Kontrahent
  • Kontrahentother party to a financial transaction
Korean 거래상대방
  • 거래상대방 (georae-sangdaebang)other party to a financial transaction
Polish kontrahent, kontrahentka
  • kontrahentother party to a financial transaction
  • kontrahentkaother party to a financial transaction
Russian контраге́нт
  • контраге́нт (kontragént)other party to a financial transaction
Spanish contraparte contratante, contrapartida
  • contraparte contratanteother party to a financial transaction
  • contrapartidaother party to a financial transaction
Cite this entry
APA

counterparty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterparty

MLA

“counterparty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterparty. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterparty,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterparty.

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