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Office & Administration vocabulary · Reception, Visitors & Post

Visitor badge

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

nounCommon term

In office & administration, visitor badge means: A card or sticker that a visitor wears in an office building to show they are allowed to be there; it often also opens certain doors.

In Turkish: ziyaretçi kartı, misafir kartı

How it is used

Also called a visitor pass. Receptionists print or issue visitor badges when guests sign in and collect them when they leave. Visitors are asked to wear the badge at all times and to be escorted in secure areas.

Example sentences

  1. Here's your visitor badge. Please wear it at all times and return it when you leave.

  2. We're expecting twelve guests tomorrow, so please print the visitor badges in advance.

Common collocations

  • visitor pass
  • issue a visitor badge
  • wear a badge
  • return the badge
  • sign inTo write your name, or register electronically, when you arrive at a building, so there is a record of who is on site.
  • front deskThe desk near the entrance of an office, hotel or clinic where visitors are greeted and helped; also the staff who work there.
  • receptionistA person who works at the main entrance desk of an office, hotel or clinic, greeting visitors, answering the phone and directing people to the right place.
  • show inTo lead a visitor into a room or office where the person they are meeting is waiting.

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