n-tuh-pur-suh
n]
| 1. | (of a long-distance telephone call) chargeable only upon speaking with a specified person at the number called: a person-to-person call to her brother in California. Compare station-to-station. |
| 2. | involving personal or intimate contact between persons: person-to-person diplomacy; a disease contracted through person-to-person contacts. |
| 3. | (in making a long-distance telephone call) to a specified person: I telephoned him person-to-person. Compare station-to-station. |
| 4. | face-to-face; in person: They interviewed her person-to-person. |
