transcription, транскрипция: [ -pɜ:(r)s(ə)n ]
( -people, or -persons)
1.
-person is added to numbers to form adjectives which indicate how many people are involved in something or can use something. People is not used in this way.
...two-person households.
...the spa’s 32-person staff.
...his 1971 one-person exhibition.
COMB in ADJ : ADJ n
2.
-person is added to nouns to form nouns which refer to someone who does a particular job or is in a particular group. -person is used by people who do not want to use a term which indicates whether someone is a man or a woman. -people can also be used in this way.
...Mrs. Sahana Pradhan, chairperson of the United Leftist Front...
He had a staff of six salespeople working for him.
COMB in N-COUNT