Publications Referral agreement law

[Black_Swan]

В нескольких договорах ICC постоянно употребляется выражение "to refer prospects". Не понимаю, что именно они имеют ввиду... Вот контекст:

1. PURPOSE OF THE AGREEMENT
The purpose of this agreement is to structure the relationships between the Publisher and
the Distributor when the latter owns a merchant site with online secure payment and sells
products by this means.
It applies when the Publisher refers prospects from its merchant site to the Distributor’s
merchant site.

и еще

The purpose of this agreement is to structure the relationships between the Publisher and
the Agent when the latter refers prospects to the Publisher, and when the following
circumstances occur as a result of its efforts, in the Territory of the Agent

[tumanov]

Тупо, не умничая, смотрю в словарь.
Через 6 секунд вижу:

prospect []
1) (sometimes plural) a probability or chance for future success, esp as based on present work or aptitude a good job with prospects
2) a vision of the future; what is foreseen; expectation she was excited at the prospect of living in London unemployment presents a grim prospect
3) a view or scene, esp one offering an extended outlook
4) a prospective buyer, project, etc
5) a survey or observation
6) mining a) a known or likely deposit of ore b) the location of a deposit of ore c) a sample of ore for testing d) the yield of mineral obtained from a sample of ore []
7) (when , often foll by for) to explore (a region) for gold or other valuable minerals 8) () to work (a mine) to discover its profitability 9) (; often foll by for) to search (for)

[Maris]

prospect , потенциальный клиент, предполагаемый клиент sales prospect — потенциальный покупатель key prospect — основной потенциальный клиент target prospect — целевой потребитель
И ВСЕ.

[Black_Swan]

огромное спасибо.

[123:]

а то можно ещё тупее - в мультитран заглянуть:
бизн. потенциальный покупатель
http://www.multitran.ru/c/m/CL=1&l1=1&s=prospect+

[YelenaPestereva]

Совсем заклевали черного лебедя...