referral

English

Etymology

refer +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈfɝəl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈfɜːɹəl/

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɜːɹəl

Noun

referral (countable and uncountable, plural referrals)

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

• referral marketing

Translations

act or process of transferring

• Bulgarian: отпращане n (otpraštane), отнасяне към (otnasjane kǎm)
• Danish: henvisning c
• Dutch: verwijzing (nl)
• Finnish: lähete (fi)
• German: Überweisung (de) f
• Hungarian: beutaló (hu) (by a family doctor to a specialist)
• Occitan: remandament m
• Polish: skierowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: encaminhamento m
• Russian: направле́ние (ru) n (napravlénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: upućivanje
• Spanish: remisión (es) f, derivación (es) f