business calling card
- noun
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tarjeta de presentación
- She handed her business calling card to the client after their meeting.
Examples
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You should always bring a business calling card to networking events.
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He handed me his business calling card after our meeting.
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His business calling card features his name, job title, and company logo.
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I always carry my business calling card with me.
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His business calling card features his name, job title, and company logo.
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She handed her business calling card to the client after their meeting.
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You should always bring a business calling card to networking events.
Synonyms
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1.0
A small printed card showing a person's name, job, company, and contact details
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6.0
A small card with a person's name left to show they visited
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6.4
A small card with a person's name and sometimes address left to announce their visit
How Informative
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built from 'business' (professional), 'calling' (profession/vocation) and 'card' (a small paper card), so its meaning — a card showing one's professional contact information — is directly inferable. This follows normal English compounding patterns and has close equivalents in other languages, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
The phrase business calling card comes from the old social calling card, a small card people left when they visited someone. Businesses made a professional version with name, job and contact details, so today it means the small card you give to share your contact information.