English-Dutch translations for referral

• verwijsbrief
• verwijzing
  Het Parlement heeft de verwijzing toen echter zeer kort van tevoren ontvangen. However, at that time, the referral arrived in Parliament at very short notice.
  De Raad stond aanvankelijk afwijzend tegenover de verwijzing omdat er nog geen besluit was genomen. The Council initially refused the referral because the decision had not yet been taken.
  Drie commissies hebben zich over de zaak gebogen en hebben een verwijzing naar het Hof van Justitie aanbevolen. Three committees have examined it and all recommended a referral to the Court of Justice.

Definition of referral

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

Examples

• The insurance company insists I get a referral from my regular doctor. I cant just go to the specialist; a GP has got to refer me
• After misbehaving in class, George was given a referral for disrupting class and sent to the office

Related words

• referred
• preferred
• referrer
• preferred stock
• preferred stockholder
• referral codes