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referrer

  • a word derived from refer.
    refer
    verb (used with object)
    to direct for information or anything required.

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A lower nightly rate plus resort fee reduces what the resort must pay to the referrer.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2023

She acts more as a referrer than a closer, directing her audiences to local health department websites and pointing to the role of Dr. Kizzy Corbett, a Black immunologist, in developing the vaccine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2021

Much of the fear comes down to this: Facebook has already established itself as more important than even Google as a referrer of traffic to online publications.

From The Verge ● May 13, 2015

In terms of traffic and fans, according to Steel, Facebook is the No. 7 revenue referrer to the website, and says that the site is "seeing real revenue" from Facebook.

From Inc ● Mar. 21, 2011

The standard allows Web sites to record the address of the page a user clicked on to arrive there, a bit of information known as a referrer.

From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2010