REFERRAL

referral

(noun) the act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency)

referral

(noun) a recommendation to consult the (professional) person or group to whom one has been referred; “the insurance company says that you need a written referral from your physician before seeing a specialist”

referral

(noun) a person whose case has been referred to a specialist or professional group; “the patient is a referral from Dr. Bones”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

referral (countable and uncountable, plural referrals)

The act or process of transferring someone or something to another, of sending by reference, or referring.

(slang) A document used by schools detailing some form of a student's misbehavior and listing the actions taken before and after the student's receipt of the referral.

Source: Wiktionary



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