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Definition of person-to-person - 2 dictionary results

per⋅son-to-per⋅son

[pur-suhn-tuh-pur-suhn]
–adjective
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.
–adverb
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.

Origin:
1915–20
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per·son-to-per·son   (pûr'sən-tə-pûr'sən)
adj.  
  1. Of or relating to a long-distance telephone call chargeable only when the caller speaks to an indicated person at the number reached.

  2. Involving direct communication or contact between persons: a person-to-person interview.

per'son-to-per'son adv.
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