A person's business card or their card is a small card which they give to other people, and which has their name and details of their job and company printed on it.
business card in British English
(ˈbɪznɪs kɑːd)
noun
a small printed card displaying a professional person's name, job title, and company
She handed him a business card.
He handed me his business card.
business card in American English
a small card identifying a person in connection with his or her business, given to a client, potential customer, etc.
Examples of 'business card' in a sentence
business card
Then police will hand out business cards.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Potential employers were handed his business card.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He was criticising our new product and handing out his business cards.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
People throw their business cards at me.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The police should issue a business card to people stopped and asked to account for their movements under proposals to be published tomorrow.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
I blush and hand over a business card.
The Sun (2013)
Three people who worked in insurance offered to take him out for a drink and 22 handed him their business cards.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The robot can also sing, dance - and hand out business cards.
The Sun (2009)
As they hand me a business card, I see the teary young man standing tentatively behind them.
Christianity Today (2000)
In other languages
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British English: business card NOUN
A person's business card is a small card which they give to other people, and which has their name and details of their job and company printed on it.