Definition of Two-party

1. Adjective. Supported by both sides. "A two-way treaty"

Exact synonyms: Bipartisan, Bipartizan, Two-way
Similar to: Nonpartisan, Nonpartizan

Lexicographical Neighbors of Two-party

two-headed
two-hitter
two-hundredth
two-lane
two-legged
two-liter
two-man tent
two-minute silence
two-minute silences
two-minute warning
two-norm
two-parted
two-party (current term)
two-percent milk
two-percenter
two-phase
two-piece
two-piece suit
two-pieces
two-ply
two-point conversion
two-point perspective
two-price advertising
two-ranked
two-seam fastball
two-seamer

Literary usage of Two-party

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to the Study of the Government of Modern States by William Franklin Willoughby (1919)
"The Two-Party System.— Before leaving this matter of a comparison of the two systems mention should be made of another feature which the two systems possess ..."

2. From Harrison to Harding: A Personal Narrative, Covering a Third of a by Arthur Wallace Dunn (1922)
"... X CANADIAN RECIPROCITY An Unpopular Agreement Which Wrecked Two Party Governments — Spilt the Republicans in the United States and Defeated the Liberals ..."

3. The Twentieth Century by Caroline Farrar Ware (1908)
"But it would be a hazardous experiment, and as the two-party system seems ... But party government, the two-party method, is all that stands between us and ..."

4. Introduction to American Government by Frederic Austin Ogg, Perley Orman Ray (1922)
"This two-party system, as it is called, is a distinguishing characteristic of the politics, not only of the United States, but also of all English-speaking ..."

5. Principles of Political Science by Robert Niven Gilchrist (1921)
"It must be remembered that the two-party system may exist even though more than two parties nominally exist. Thus in Great Britain the two main parties used ..."

6. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1902)
"depreciation and maintenance, $10 per year per station each against two-party line and $8 per year per station against each four-party line, ..."

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