referral
nounUK /ɹɪˈfɜː.ɹəl/ · CA, US /ɹɪˈfɝ.əl/
Etymology From refer + -al.
1
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
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.
- After misbehaving in class, George was given a referral for disrupting class and sent to the office.
- Derived terms
- nonreferral, prereferral, referral marketing, referral spam, rereferral