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

Recent Examples on the Web Guests were required to pay an eight-dollar entrance fee and to deposit their business cards at the door; the Rubins used the cards to develop a giant Rolodex of the well off and the well connected. —

Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024 Photos of Koster's business card and information about his past were shared on social media in the last several days, provoking outrage. —

Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2024 The clerk gave me a business card and some brochures. —

John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024 Some of the most popular cards from Chase are the Sapphire travel rewards cards, Ink business cards, and the Freedom cash back cards. —

Harrison Pierce, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Apr. 2023 See all Example Sentences for business card

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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 26 Jul. 2024.

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