business card

noun

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

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The mood in Venice is still borderline ecstatic, full of gossip, parties, and people chatting about art in their respective cities, trading business cards, discovering new talent, eating, drinking, and stumbling around, running into old friends. Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 8 May 2026 Over a lifetime, filmmaker Lynne Sachs has collected business cards—mementos of brief exchanges with strangers—and selects seven to uncover why these moments have lingered so vividly in her memory. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 6 May 2026 Cristaldi Vineyards’s owner and head winemaker, Dave Brockman, eagerly introduced his business while tabling at the event and his clever business card — simply an extra wine label from producing his wines — stayed with me all these months later. Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026 Indigo recently got Pride Center business cards. Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 20 Apr. 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 14 May. 2026.

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