noun
Refers to the act of bringing people together for a meeting or introduction, often in a business or formal context.
取引先との引き合わせをセッティングした。
I arranged an introduction with the client.
彼は新しい上司との引き合わせに
He was nervous about the meeting with his new boss.
Standard kanji spelling.
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing.
Compound of 引き (hiki, continuative form of 引く 'to pull') + 合わせ (awase, continuative form of 合わせる 'to put together'). Literally 'pulling together', referring to the act of bringing people into contact.