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Nomenclature

Words are hard

note: in historical, a - means the historical name and current name are the same and a x indicated that this is a new term

Word Description Historical
Vendor An entity that sells products on the marketplace -
Organization The business unit Simpatra makes contracts with on the customer side. Practice
Location The Organization sub-unit that represents a physical building for ordering protected products -
Bulk Discount The different prices according to amount of product purchased packages
Pricing Tier A set of private prices that an organization must be added to Tiers
Auto-Reorder The ability to set a purchase to resubmit at a certain interval -
Subscription A non-physical good that requires a payment on a regular basis -
Purchase The collection of items, shipping, and payment methods on the marketplace. This is what the cart turns into when you press 'order now' Order \ invoice
Fufillment A subset of a purchase that goes to the vendor that has the products associated with it. order
Receipt An immutable copy of the purchase at the time of payment. Refunds will also create a new receipt Invoice

todo: refactor by component (marketplace, authentication, dosing, etc)