referral

[ ri-fur-uhl ]

noun

1. an act of referring; the state of being referred.
2. an instance of referring.
3. a person recommended to someone or for something.

Word History and Origins

Origin of referral¹

First recorded in 1930–35; refer + -al ²

Example Sentences

The idea is to rollout this proprietary program to the other brands this year, as well as launch a referral program.

From Digiday

Some turn into clients and others become friends and referrals.

From Fortune

Nacelle works closely with agencies for customer referrals, also tapping on Anderson’s past contacts from his days running a Shopify Plus agency.

From TechCrunch

PSIA-AASI provides snow-sports school and instructor referrals, online guides for every level and even individual virtual instruction through a partnership with coaching tool Givego — which directly connects users with the country’s top instructors.

From Washington Post

Because obviously some referrals and some tests are necessary.

From Freakonomics

In all, the counties had one referral hospital each (approximately 100-150 beds) and 17-24 health centers.

From The Daily Beast

If you ever wanted a criminal referral, that would have been one I would have supported 100 percent.

From The Daily Beast

Perhaps it will be a referral for an intervention shown to have no benefit.

From The Daily Beast

And if the person on the other end declines, he or she will often offer up another friend as a referral.

From The Daily Beast

The IG office opened the investigation last September based on a referral from the FBI, but its progress is unclear, Carper said.

From The Daily Beast

A national information and referral service that focuses primarily on preventing drug addiction in children and adolescents.

From Project Gutenberg

A computerized referral service to substance abuse literature and prevention programs will begin operating in 1987.

From Project Gutenberg

If this referral is correct, the subspecies concavus probably does not occur in Tamaulipas.

From Project Gutenberg

Will you tell us what your position was at the time you received this referral?

From Project Gutenberg

Are you using the word "reference" as we use the word "referral," sir?

From Project Gutenberg

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