person-to-person

[ pur-suhn-tuh-pur-suhn ]

/ ˈpɜr sən təˈpɜr sən /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR person-to-person ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective

(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.

involving personal or intimate contact between persons: person-to-person diplomacy; a disease contracted through person-to-person contacts.

adverb

(in making a long-distance telephone call) to a specified person: I telephoned him person-to-person.Compare station-to-station.

face-to-face; in person: They interviewed her person-to-person.

Origin of person-to-person

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby person-to-person

personnel, personnel agency, personnel department, person of color, person of colour, person-to-person, person-year, persorption, perspective, perspectivism, Perspex

Example sentences from the Web for person-to-person

Eating disorder sufferers are especially drawn to online sites due to their anonymity and lack of person-to-person contact.
Should Pro-Anorexia Sites Be Criminalized?|Carrie Arnold|August 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But now, Ebola has moved beyond its standard slow motion, person-to-person transmission.
What Ebola on a Plane Means for the U.S.|Kent Sepkowitz|August 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Karen showed him the phone and he started to put through a person-to-person call.
Murder in the Gunroom|Henry Beam Piper
He arose and went to the visiphone, placed a person-to-person call to Los Angeles.
The Psilent Partner|John Victor Peterson

Under the circumstances, I didn't think a person-to-person call would be advisable.
The Other Likeness|James H. Schmitz