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fee splitting

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The practice, usually of questionable ethicality, by some professionals, such as medical doctors and lawyers, of sending a client to a second practitioner for an additional consultation in order to obtain another payment from the client or from his or her insurer, and in return for which the original practitioner receives a portion of the payment made to the second practitioner (a "commission" or "piece of the action").

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: business

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noun

Meaning 2

payment (usually by doctors or lawyers) of part of the fee in return for the referral

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: payment, defrayal, defrayment

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