referral
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Definition of referral
Examples of referral in a Sentence
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Prosecutors were acting on a referral from the Justice Department’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz, whose office has been investigating the genesis of the federal probe into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election. — Los Angeles Times, "Justice Department decides not to prosecute James Comey over release of his memos," 1 Aug. 2019 The program started as a pilot project in 2017 open to referrals from two Louisville Metro Police divisions. — Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, "Louisville budget cuts force jail diversion program helping people in crisis to close," 27 June 2019 Based on referrals from Glazer, Avetisyan and Minasyan billed Medicare for home health services that were not rendered or were not medically necessary through their home health business. — Hannah Fry, latimes.com, "L.A. doctor and a conspirator are found guilty in $22-million Medicare scam," 7 June 2019 News of the inspector general’s referral of the Comey matter — and the decision by the Justice Department to not prosecute him — was first reported by The Hill. — Adam Edelman, NBC News, "Justice Department won't prosecute Comey over leak of his memos after referral from internal watchdog," 1 Aug. 2019 Transportation and education groups backed the legislative referral during the 2019 session. — Anna Staver, The Denver Post, "Campaign for Coloradans to give up their TABOR refunds doesn’t exist – so far," 25 July 2019 The referral was made earlier this month and listed on the website of the Copyright Tribunal -- an independent body set up specifically to resolve commercial licensing disputes -- July 19. — Richard Smirke, Billboard, "TikTok Turns to Copyright Tribunal In Licensing Dispute With Collecting Societies," 25 July 2019 The official said the referrals also included a $2,000 payment that Pruitt’s wife received last year to help with logistics at an annual conference for the New York nonprofit group Concordia, the official said. — Washington Post, BostonGlobe.com, "Top EPA ethics official urges additional inquiries on Pruitt," 1 July 2018 City, however, appealed the referral to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, hoping to put an end to the matter. — SI.com, "Manchester City Set to Fail in Appeal to CAS Over Financial Fair Play Breaches," 7 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'referral.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for referral
referral
noun
English Language Learners Definition of referral
: the act of sending someone to another person or place for treatment, help, advice, etc.
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referral
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re·fer·ral
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Medical Definition of referral
1
: the process of directing or redirecting (as a medical case or a patient) to an appropriate specialist or agency for definitive treatment
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: an individual that is referred
referral
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Legal Definition of referral
: the act or an instance of referring
appealed the referral of the bill to the Budget Committee
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