calling (noun)

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• calling — ► NOUN 1) a profession or occupation. 2) a vocation …   English terms dictionary

• calling card — ˈcalling card noun [countable] TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1. a card with a special number on that allows you to make cheap telephone calls : • Prepaid calling cards can save you money when you re away from home. 2. a card that allows you to make… …   Financial and business terms

• calling — I noun activity, business, career, chosen work, concern, craft, employment, endeavor, enterprise, field, function, industry, job, learned profession, lifework, line, line of achievement, line of business, line of work, livelihood, living, means… …   Law dictionary

• calling card — noun a) A small printed card which identifies the bearer, traditionally presented for introduction when making a social visit to a home or when attending a formal social event or business meeting. If Mrs. Nel …   Wiktionary

• calling hare — noun Etymology: so called from its cry : pika * * * calling hare, = pika. (Cf. ↑pika) Pikas are called “calling hares” because of the reiterated squeaking cries which they emit while concealed, usually among rocks …   Useful english dictionary

• calling card — calling ,card noun count 1. ) evidence that someone or something has been to a place 2. ) AMERICAN a small card that a visitor leaves with their name and address printed on it …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• calling — noun when I was four, I knew my calling was photography Syn: profession, occupation, vocation, call, summons, career, work, employment, job, business, trade, craft, line, line of work; informal bag; archaic employ …   Thesaurus of popular words

• calling card — noun 1. a card that is used instead of cash to make telephone calls • Syn: ↑phone card • Hypernyms: ↑credit card, ↑charge card, ↑charge plate, ↑plastic 2. a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited …   Useful english dictionary

• calling crab — noun Etymology: so called from the apparently beckoning position of its larger claw : fiddler crab * * * calling crab, = fiddler crab. (Cf. ↑fiddler crab) …   Useful english dictionary

• calling — noun Date: 14th century 1. a strong inner impulse toward a particular course of action especially when accompanied by conviction of divine influence 2. the vocation or profession in which one customarily engages 3. the characteristic cry of a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• calling card — noun Date: 1846 1. visiting card 2. a sign or evidence that someone or something is or has been present; broadly an identifying mark 3. a card displaying a number that can be used to charge telephone calls to a single account regardless of where… …   New Collegiate Dictionary