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person-to-person

person-to-person adjective: of a telephone call, such that the caller is only connected and charged if the person he specified is available to speak.

Adjective

person-to-person (not comparable)

  1. Of a telephone call, such that the caller is only connected and charged if the person he specified is available to speak.
  2. Of a loan, such that the lender and borrower are individuals rather than companies.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see person-to-person.

Questions about person-to-person

What does person-to-person mean?
Person-to-person means of a telephone call, such that the caller is only connected and charged if the person he specified is available to speak.
What part of speech is person-to-person?
Person-to-person is an adjective.

Words near person-to-person in the dictionary

  1. person-hours
  2. person-made
  3. person-month
  4. person-months
  5. person-power
  6. person-to-person
  7. person-year
  8. person-years
  9. persona
  10. persona grata
  11. persona muta

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