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referral

noun
/ɹɪˈfɜː.ɹəl/UK/ɹɪˈfɝ.əl/CA/rɪˈfɜrəl/

Etymology

From refer + -al.

  1. derived from referre
  2. derived from referer
  3. inherited from referren
  4. suffixed as referral — “refer + al”

Definitions

  1. The act or process of transferring someone or something to another, of sending by…

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

    • The insurance company insists I get a referral from my regular doctor. I can't just go to the specialist; a GP has got to refer me.

  2. A document used by schools detailing some form of a student's misbehavior and listing the…

    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.

    • After misbehaving in class, George was given a referral for disrupting class and sent to the office.

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Derived

nonreferral, prereferral, referral marketing, referral spam, rereferral

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for referral. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA