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Glossary

Every term used in chrt, one line each, linked to the concept page that defines it.

A flat A-to-Z index of every term used across docs.chrt.com. Each entry points to the concept page that defines it authoritatively.

A

  • Active connection — A connection both sides have accepted; orders can be assigned across it.
  • Admin — Org role with full management rights except for owner-only actions.
  • Adjustment — A manual change to a line item’s amount on a line item group.

B

  • Base mileage — The flat-rate distance band on a ground rate sheet (e.g. $25 for the first 15 miles).
  • Billing ledger — Optional grouping of statements between two parties across a recurring period.

C

  • Cargo — What’s being moved on an order. Each task references one cargo record.
  • Cargo type — Classification (e.g. blood, pharmaceuticals, documents) that drives qualification, handling, and pricing. See Cargo types.
  • Connection — Link between two orgs on chrt. See Connections.
  • Connect handle — Public org handle (e.g. @acme-couriers) that drives the profile URL. See Connections.
  • Courier — A provider who runs the work directly.

D

  • Default rate sheet — Rate sheet auto-applied to orders across a given connection.
  • Directory — Searchable index of every public chrt org profile at chrt.com/directory.
  • Draft order — An order in the draft state, being built before submission. See Order states.
  • Driver — A member of a provider org with a driver profile and access to the chrt mobile app. See Roles.

E

  • ETA — Estimated time of arrival for an upcoming task, calculated from driver location, flight data, time windows, and Mapbox routing. See ETA.
  • Earnings — Statements where your org is the payment destination (money in).
  • Expenses — Statements where your org is the payment origin (money out).

F

  • Forwarder — A provider who brokers work to couriers rather than driving it directly.
  • FlightAware — The third-party feed chrt uses for flight departure, arrival, and tracking data.

G

  • Ground task group — A task group of type chrt_ground_provider — picked up and delivered by ground couriers. See Orders.

H

  • Handle — See Connect handle.

L

  • Ledger — See Billing ledger.
  • Line item — A single chargeable component on a line item group (e.g. base_rate, additional_mileage, fuel).
  • Line item group (LIG) — The full set of line items for one task group, generated from a rate sheet. See Billing primitives.

M

  • Member — The lowest org role; read-only outside their own profile and any driver assignment.
  • Milestone — A timestamped event emitted when a task completes (e.g. pickup, flight_departed, deliver). See Tracking.
  • Mode — Whether the org is set up as a shipper or a provider. Fixed at setup time. See Connections.

O

  • OBC — On-board courier. A task group of type onboard_courier where a person hand-carries cargo through pickup, flight(s), and delivery.
  • Off-platform — A connection record for a partner who doesn’t have a chrt account. See Connections.
  • On-platform — A connection where both sides have chrt accounts.
  • Operator — Org role between admin and member; handles day-to-day dispatch but cannot change billing setup.
  • Order — The shipper-facing record of a shipment. See Orders.
  • Owner — Highest org role; the org’s principal.

P

  • Payment vector — Directional billing relationship: SPP, PPP, or PPD. See Billing primitives.
  • PPD — provider_pay_driver. A courier paying their own driver.
  • PPP — provider_pay_provider. A forwarder paying a downstream courier.
  • Provider — An org in provider mode — covers both forwarders and couriers. See Connections.
  • Public link — A chrt-hosted tracking page anyone can open without a chrt account. See Public links.

R

  • Rate sheet — Pricing template that attaches to a task group to generate billable line items. See Billing primitives.
  • Rate sheet kind — ground, flights, or obc. One kind per task group type.

S

  • Segment — Draft-builder label for a task group. Same object, different surface.
  • Settlement type — stripe_connect (chrt issues a Stripe invoice) or off_chrt (settle outside chrt).
  • Shipper — An org in shipper mode that places orders and pays for them.
  • SPP — shipper_pay_provider. A provider charging the shipper.
  • Staged — Submitted and awaiting work. Applies to orders, task groups, statements, and line item groups.
  • Statement — Bundle of one or more line item groups that becomes an invoice or settlement. See Billing primitives.
  • Stop — Draft-builder and timeline label for a task.
  • Stripe Connect — The integration chrt uses to issue invoices and receive payouts on behalf of payee orgs.

T

  • Task — One action at one location (pickup, deliver, etc.) inside a task group. See Orders.
  • Task group — One continuous unit of work on an order, assigned to one party. See Orders.
  • Tender — The act of handing cargo to an airline at an airport (tender_to_airline).
  • Time window — Earliest and latest acceptable times for a task. Used by ETA and dispatch.
  • Tracker session — A window of recording for a tracker device. See Tracking.
  • Tracking session — See Tracker session.

V

  • Vehicle type — sedan, suv, cargo_van, box_truck, flatbed, or semi_truck. Used to scope rate sheets and qualify couriers.

W

  • WebCargo — Air-cargo booking integration available from the Flights tab of a draft order.