name: Debbie Collect Vocabulary
description: >-
  Shared vocabulary of terms used across the Debbie debt-collection
  platform's Platform API and Client API.
terms:
  - term: Creditor
    definition: An organization that is owed money and uses Debbie to collect.
  - term: Customer
    definition: >-
      A debtor (person or business) who owes money to a creditor and is
      contacted through Debbie.
  - term: Case
    definition: >-
      A single collection matter linking a creditor and a customer with an
      outstanding amount, lifecycle status, and history of activity.
  - term: Voucher
    definition: >-
      A document attached to a case representing the underlying claim
      (invoice, receipt, agreement) that justifies the debt.
  - term: Update
    definition: An event recorded against a case, debtor, or creditor.
  - term: Payout
    definition: >-
      The transfer of funds collected from debtors back to the creditor,
      net of fees.
  - term: Deposit Distribution
    definition: >-
      The breakdown of how a payment received from a customer is allocated
      across principal, fees, interest, and creditor share.
  - term: Webhook Item
    definition: >-
      An individual webhook delivery event representing a change to a case,
      payment, voucher, or other resource.