vocabulary:
  name: Tremendous Vocabulary
  description: >-
    Domain vocabulary for the Tremendous rewards and payouts platform,
    covering incentive programs, reward delivery, payout methods, and
    campaign management concepts for businesses sending rewards globally.
  version: 1.0.0
  created: '2026-05-03'
  modified: '2026-05-03'
  tags:
    - Employee Incentives
    - Incentives
    - Payouts
    - Rewards

terms:
  - term: Order
    definition: >-
      The primary transactional unit in Tremendous, wrapping one or more
      rewards along with a funding source and optional external reference
      for idempotency.
    related:
      - Reward
      - Funding Source

  - term: Reward
    definition: >-
      An individual payment or incentive within an order sent to a single
      recipient. Rewards have a value, delivery method, and status tracking.
    related:
      - Order
      - Product
      - Campaign

  - term: Product
    definition: >-
      An available payout method in the Tremendous catalog, such as an
      Amazon.com gift card, prepaid Visa card, PayPal, bank transfer, or
      charity donation.
    related:
      - Campaign
      - SKU

  - term: SKU
    definition: >-
      A specific denomination option for a product, defining the minimum
      and maximum acceptable value or a fixed denomination.
    related:
      - Product

  - term: Campaign
    definition: >-
      A configuration defining the presentation (branding, email subject,
      message) and the catalog of products available for recipient-choice
      rewards.
    related:
      - Reward
      - Product

  - term: Funding Source
    definition: >-
      The payment method used to fund reward orders. Common options include
      account balance, invoice billing, credit card, and ACH bank transfer.
    related:
      - Order

  - term: External ID
    definition: >-
      A customer-provided reference attached to an order for idempotency
      and cross-system correlation. Orders with the same external_id will
      return the existing order rather than creating a duplicate.
    related:
      - Order

  - term: Idempotency
    definition: >-
      The property that creating an order with a previously used external_id
      returns the existing order rather than creating a duplicate, ensuring
      safe retries on network failures.
    related:
      - External ID

  - term: Delivery Method
    definition: >-
      How a reward is sent to the recipient: EMAIL (send email with
      redemption link), LINK (return URL for embedding), or PHONE
      (send via SMS).
    related:
      - Reward

  - term: Sandbox
    definition: >-
      A free testing environment at testflight.tremendous.com that
      mirrors production functionality without real money movement,
      used for integration development.
    related:
      - API Key

  - term: API Key
    definition: >-
      A secret credential used for Bearer token authentication with the
      Tremendous API. Generated in dashboard Settings > API. Different
      keys exist for sandbox and production.
    related:
      - Authentication
      - Sandbox

  - term: Organization
    definition: >-
      A team account within the Tremendous platform that owns orders,
      rewards, campaigns, members, and funding sources. Multiple organizations
      can exist under a single account.
    related:
      - Member

  - term: Recipient
    definition: >-
      The person who receives a reward, identified by name, email, and/or
      phone number. The recipient selects their preferred payout method
      (when campaign allows choice) and receives delivery communication.
    related:
      - Reward

  - term: Multi-Product Reward
    definition: >-
      A reward where the recipient chooses from a curated catalog of
      payout options defined by the campaign. The recipient selects
      their preferred gift card, prepaid card, or other method.
    related:
      - Campaign
      - Reward

  - term: Single-Product Reward
    definition: >-
      A reward where the payout method is fixed (e.g., specifically
      an Amazon.com gift card), with no recipient choice.
    related:
      - Product
      - Reward

  - term: Webhook
    definition: >-
      An HTTP callback that delivers real-time event notifications to
      a configured endpoint when orders complete, rewards are delivered,
      or other account events occur.
    related:
      - Order
      - Reward

  - term: Rate Limit
    definition: >-
      The Tremendous API enforces a rate limit of 30 requests per 30
      seconds. Exceeding this returns a 429 Too Many Requests response.
    related:
      - API Key