business card

noun

: a small card bearing information (such as name and address) about a business or business representative

Examples of business card in a Sentence

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On a recent, sunny Friday afternoon, Daniel Stromberg sat in the hospital cafeteria at University of Illinois Health, with a set of purple pens and white business cards spread out on the table, as people streamed in and out. — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026 Pancho’s implant, a delicate array of electrodes spread over a flat, flexible rectangular device like a business card, is placed on the surface of his vocal motor cortex, which governs speech production. — Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026 Instead, place a business card with your information on it inside your suitcase, or tuck a smart luggage tag that links to your information so if your baggage is lost in transit, the airline can still return it to you. — Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2026 Instead of a stack of badge scans and business cards, we auto-summarize booth conversations and scan data into CRM-ready records our sales team can act on immediately. — Dee Blohm, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for business card

Word History

First Known Use

1821, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of business card was in 1821

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“Business card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/business%20card. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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