person-to-person
[ pur-suh n-tuh-pur-suh n ]
/ ˈpɜr sən təˈpɜr sən /
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
persnickety,
person,
person of color,
person of colour,
person-day,
person-to-person,
person-year,
persona,
persona grata,
persona non grata,
personable