business card

noun

|Updated on: 14 Aug 2018

Definition of business card

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

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Recent Examples of business card from the Web

Among the items: A worn business card from his father that is attached to a photograph of the two men 20 years ago.

— jonathan saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, "This CEO doesn’t like to be cornered," 14 July 2018
The new logo will be used in stationery, business cards, staff badges, membership materials, development materials and publications.

— leah garchik, SFChronicle.com, "Fine Arts Museums brand gets ‘refreshed’," 10 July 2018
Another of his creations, Mr. A (also created in 1967), wielded a black-and-white business card that represented the stark difference between good and evil, with no gray area in between.

— david sims, The Atlantic, "Steve Ditko’s Ordinary People," 10 July 2018
Her post also included the business card of pharmacist Brian Hreniuc.

— lisa ryan, The Cut, "Walgreens Pharmacist Denies Woman Medication for Her Miscarriage," 25 June 2018
But he's generally tried to keep those views off of his business page, save for some Scripture on his business card.

— sarah frier, Anchorage Daily News, "Facebook’s algorithm blocks ads for Bush’s beans, singers named Clinton," 3 July 2018
Nicole Arteaga, 35, a schoolteacher in Peoria, Arizona (a suburb of Phoenix), posted a long status with a picture of a business card, belonging to a pharmacist in her town.

— cady drell, Marie Claire, "How a Walgreens Pharmacist (Legally) Refused to Give This Woman a Doctor-Prescribed Abortion Pill," 25 June 2018
The funnel is made of industrial-strength paper (like a business card in terms of thickness) and has waterproof construction.

— anna callaghan, Outside Online, "Our Favorite Pee Funnels," 6 June 2018
Suennen has embraced her alter ego, stamping it on her business cards and the nameplate outside her office door.

— rebecca robbins, STAT, "The gatekeeper: If you want to make it big in health care, it’ll help to get past Lisa Suennen first," 6 June 2018

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