English-Spanish translations for referral

• derivación
• remisión
  – Señor Presidente, la remisión al Tribunal no es un paso que nosotros habríamos elegido. Mr President, referral to the Court is not something that we would have chosen.
  El Consejo rechazó inicialmente esta remisión porque la decisión no se había tomado todavía. The Council initially refused the referral because the decision had not yet been taken.
  Ahora quisiera escuchar la opinión de los Grupos sobre la remisión al Tribunal. I would now like to hear the Groups' assessments on the matter of referral to the Court.

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