for one's part



for one's part

Also, on one's part; on the part of one.
1. So far as one is concerned, as regards one's share in the matter. For example, You may want to go out, but for my part I want to stay home, or On the part of the others, they expect a small share of the profits. [Mid-1400s]
2. Regarding or with respect to the one specified, as in For the Confederates' part, a daring strategy accounted for their victory at Chancellorsville, or, as Thomas Macaulay put it in History of England (1849): "No excess of tyranny on the part of a prince can justify active resistance on the part of a subject." [c. 1400]
See also: part

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
LawsonLAW-sənEnglish
Mercedes['mə:sidi:z]
Niketa-Indian, Marathi, Hindi
Marjo (2)MAHR-yoDutch
KoreyKAWR-eeEnglish
Tahmuras-Persian Mythology