Used in a Sentence

referral

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for referral.

Editorial note

That is not a referral link, if that is what you mean.

Examples15
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The act or process of transferring someone or something to another, of sending by reference, or referring.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of referral gathered in one view.

noun

The act or process of transferring someone or something to another, of sending by reference, or referring.

noun

(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.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for referral.

noun

The act or process of transferring someone or something to another, of sending by reference, or referring.

noun

(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.

Example sentences

1

That is not a referral link, if that is what you mean.

2

There may be a nationally advertised logo, and some listing and referral services, but it still all depends on the realtor.

3

That is, VC prefers to invest with a referral, but will go in on a non-referred investment only for the most promising opportunities.

4

Next big thing from anywhere: Also interesting, I'd like to see how this varies by referral source.

5

Those are all referral links, and I earn $200-300 per month in commissions for the business those links generate.

6

I think ConsumerSearch, as a made-for-AdSense, made-for-referral-revenue site, is part of the problem Kedrosky is highlighting.

7

It's one thing if that is a marketing or referral fee.

8

Made an account to say nice referral link bro.

9

We’d have a referral from you than your money.

10

On the other end the fact that the owner can get up to $10000 with the referral program might push most owner to oversell the quality of Tesla cars.

11

All the big corps I worked at had a referral program.

12

Chrome has attained in its first year the same average market growth of Firefox (roughly 4.5%) that it attained in 5 years with paid referral programs and advertisements everywhere.

Quote examples

1

When I get that call they are desperate and coming in on referral where someone has said, "I know a guy that's a finisher, but he's really going to cost you."

2

I've even seen a few HN users commenting on such Google evils, and when I looked at the "innocent" site they were talking about, it was inarguably blog spam, content spam, used black hat SEO techniques, or some other nasty type of thing that provided no or negative value for users, and was carefully engineered to maximize ad or referral revenue at the expense of all else.

Proper noun examples

1

Referral is simple in concept, easy to explain to friends but complicated in practice.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use referral in a sentence?

That is not a referral link, if that is what you mean.

What does referral mean?

The act or process of transferring someone or something to another, of sending by reference, or referring.

What part of speech is referral?

referral is commonly used as noun.