Referent

['ref(ə)r(ə)nt] or ['rɛfərənt]

(noun.) something that refers; a term that refers to another term.

(noun.) the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate.

(noun.) something referred to; the object of a reference.

(adj.) having reference; 'judgments referent to the indictment' .

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