calling card
Recognizable personal mark
A calling card is a small card bearing someone's name and contact information, presented when visiting or left when the person is absent—largely obsolete since the 19th century.
The term now usually appears figuratively: a calling card is a distinctive mark or signature behavior that identifies someone.
A criminal's calling card is a pattern left at crime scenes.
A professional's calling card is their most recognizable skill or achievement: That buzzer-beater three-pointer became his calling card.
Settled in advance
- long distanceSeparation across significant space
- minutesSixty-second intervals
- PINAuthentication number sequence
- payphonePublic coin-operated telephone
credit · recharge · top-up · phonecard · dial · rates · carrier · roaming
Handwritten name for verification
- hallmarkDistinguishing characteristic or mark
- characteristicDistinguishing quality or trait
- markVisible impression or sign
- indicatorSign revealing status
telltale sign · style · fingerprint · identifier · recognizable · distinctive · unmistakable · modus operandi
Trip to see another
- introductionPreliminary section or presentation
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
- formalFollowing strict protocol
- presentationFormal display to viewers
name · address · title · tray · salver · engraved · embossed · reception
Facts supporting truth
- modus operandiCharacteristic way of working
- signatureHandwritten name for verification
- clueSolving aid
- sceneDramatic unit or locale
forensic · pattern · serial · investigation · trademark · telltale · trace · deliberate
Communication or physical touch
- introductionPreliminary section or presentation
- handshakeMutual palm-gripping gesture
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- professionalCredentialed in one's field
conference · meeting · LinkedIn · connection · referral · follow-up · contact details · cardholder
prepaid
Settled in advance
- long distanceSeparation across significant space
- minutesSixty-second intervals
- PINAuthentication number sequence
payphone · credit · recharge · top-up · phonecard · dial · rates · carrier · roaming · airtime
signature
Handwritten name for verification
- hallmarkDistinguishing characteristic or mark
- characteristicDistinguishing quality or trait
- markVisible impression or sign
telltale sign · indicator · style · fingerprint · identifier · recognizable · distinctive · unmistakable · modus operandi · giveaway
visit
Trip to see another
- introductionPreliminary section or presentation
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
- formalFollowing strict protocol
presentation · name · address · title · tray · salver · engraved · embossed · reception · parlor
evidence
Facts supporting truth
- modus operandiCharacteristic way of working
- signatureHandwritten name for verification
- clueSolving aid
scene · forensic · pattern · serial · investigation · trademark · telltale · trace · deliberate · taunting
contact
Communication or physical touch
- introductionPreliminary section or presentation
- handshakeMutual palm-gripping gesture
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
professional · conference · meeting · LinkedIn · connection · referral · follow-up · contact details · cardholder · rolodex
- phone cardsphone credit
- Victorianaseances, Dickens, spiritualism, Sherlock Holmes, phrenology
- phone termslandline, country code, area code, voicemail, roaming
- Gentlemantop hat, monocle, cane, waistcoat, bow tie
- Regency eraseason, patronesses, patroness, Prince Regent, Jane Austen
- Victorian antiquesbustle, corset, bonnet, cravat, waistcoat
calling cardanonymity
Unknown identity state
pseudonym · incognito · anonymous tip · alias · disguise
calling cardgeneric
Not brand-name
nondescript · unremarkable · indistinguishable · commonplace · random
card, recall, calling, called, calls, caller, recalling, callers, recalls