The ability (or the difficulty) of focusing one's attention on a single auditory source in a jumble of noises.

(mathematics) A graph consisting of two rows of paired nodes in which all nodes except the paired ones are connected with straight lines; it is the complement of the ladder graph, and the dual graph of the hypercube.

A company that is contracted, by a bank etc., to conduct some part of a financial transaction process; especially a company that provides software or hardware for such a process

(idiomatic) A party to celebrate when a person decides to leave a house or flat, and sometimes to help prepare the space for the incoming residents.

plural of party of the second part

plural of party of the first part

A Canadian social-democratic political party which fields candidates in both federal and provincial elections.

The ruling political party of the People's Republic of China.

(Singapore, derogatory) An Asian girl who dates a non-Asian, especially a white expatriate.

A chef in charge of a particular area of production in the kitchen, such as fish or roast meats.