Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

P2P

American  

abbreviation

  1. person-to-person.

  2. peer-to-peer.

  3. person-to-person payment.

P2P British  

abbreviation

  1. peer-to-peer

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“It will be a long time before the U.S. can take all those out,” said Long, who now advises shipping companies as head of intelligence at maritime company Neptune P2P.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

“Almost all ships crossing the Strait are linked to Iran or China,” said Christopher Long, head of intelligence at U.K. maritime-security company Neptune P2P Group.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Maritime Security company Neptune P2P Group said the vessel had been seized by "suspected Iranian forces".

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

The 87-year-old has denied any knowledge of the P2P scandal and Newgarden said he was “interrogated” by his boss when IndyCar alerted the team to the disqualification.

From Seattle Times • May 3, 2024

You can tunnel your favorite P2P over it.

From Little Brother by Doctorow, Cory

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.