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calling card

–noun
1. Also called card, visiting card. a small card with the name and often the address of a person or of a couple, for presenting when making a business or social call, for enclosing in gifts, etc.
2. Informal. any mark, sign, trace, characteristic, or the like by which someone or something can be recognized.
3. Also called phone card. a prepaid card or charge card that can be used to make a telephone call at home or away from home.

Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism
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phone card  
n.  A prepaid card or a credit card that can be used to pay for telephone calls. Also called calling card.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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