Noun
the act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency)
a recommendation to consult the (professional) person or group to whom one has been referred
a person whose case has been referred to a specialist or professional group
Source: WordNetThe well-served customer...is an appreciating asset. Every small act on her or his behalf ups the odds of repeat business, add-on business, and priceless word-of-mouth referral. Tom Peters
In sales, a referral is the key to the door of resistance. Bo Bennett
But when I went to Harvard, it kind of got washed out of me, partly because people made fun of you in college. If you said you believed in God, they would look at you clinically, you know, suggest that you needed a referral. Jonathan Kozol
I thought we were to discuss a referral which we believe contains substantial and credible information of potential impeachable offenses by the President of the United States. Ken Starr
But she was one of those doctors who hadn't gotten the memo from the American health-care system that says that you should only listen to a patient for three minutes, tops, before writing him a referral and/or a prescription and firing him out the door just as the next patient was being fired in. Cory Doctorow
the insurance company says that you need a written referral from your physician before seeing a specialist Source: Internet