person-to-person

[pur-suh n-tuh-pur-suh n]

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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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Related Words for person-to-person

unambiguous, straightforward, sincere, unequivocal, explicit, candid, blunt, forthright, bald, plain, straight, express, frank, open, absolute, categorical, downright, matter-of-fact, outspoken, point-blank

Examples from the Web for person-to-person

Contemporary Examples of 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
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

Historical Examples of person-to-person

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
Karen showed him the phone and he started to put through a person-to-person call.
Murder in the Gunroom
Henry Beam Piper