Expense Terminology

Summary

Source-backed definitions for the current Expense bounded context.

Audience

All Expense documentation readers.

Reference Content

Term	Meaning
Expense claim	Aggregate representing an employee reimbursement request
Claimant	Owned identity value containing user/labor references
Category	Owned validated claim category value
Money	Owned amount and currency value
Pending	Initial decision-eligible status
Approved	Accepted status eligible for Payroll projection
Rejected	Declined terminal outcome
Paid	Recorded reimbursement outcome; not payment execution
Compatibility identifier	Numeric identity preserving legacy route expectations
Receipt reference	Expense-owned metadata pointing to Document-owned content
Workflow-managed claim	Claim whose decision must arrive through Workflow
Audit log	Mutation evidence with logical entity identity
Timeline	Lifecycle activity evidence
Outbox	Durable publication intent
Processed event	Consumer-side idempotency evidence; Expense inbound use is not implemented
Backfill	Transition tooling that copies validated legacy claims into Expense persistence
Parity	Comparison evidence between compatibility/native behavior

Requires confirmation

Business glossary ownership, translated terms, reimbursement policy terminology, and Finance naming conventions require confirmation.

Source References

• microservices/src/expense-service/Domain/Expense/ExpenseClaim.cs
• microservices/src/expense-service/Domain/Common/ValueObjects.cs
• microservices/src/expense-service/Infrastructure/ExpenseDbContext.cs

Related Articles

• Expense reference documentation
• Expense business documentation
• Expense technical documentation

See Also

• Expense API documentation
• Expense module

Keywords

• Expense reference
• Terminology

Revision Information

• Status: Draft
• Last reviewed: 2026-07-16
• Review cycle: Quarterly