Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

person-to-person

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.25 in modern English

Syllables
per-son---to-per-son
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
7
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

adj

Of a loan, such that the lender and borrower are individuals rather than companies.

adj

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see person-to-person.

Synonyms

one-on-one

Questions

What does person-to-person mean?
Of a telephone call, such that the caller is only connected and charged if the person he specified is available to speak.

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