Glossary

Terms & definitions

User-facing labels as shown in the app. Internal names like contribution or project_id are not shown to members.

Core

Fund
A shared treasury for one group — society, club, NGO, trip, flatmates, etc.
Received
Money logged as added to the fund. Tab name on the fund screen.
Add money
Action to record a new received entry — money that came into the group's pool in the real world.
Expense
Money paid out from the fund — vendor, bill, or other spend from the shared pool.
Balance
Total received minus total expenses (remaining in the shared pool).
Activity
Chronological feed of what happened in a fund, or across all your funds.

Plan

The Plan screen appears when budget is enabled. Settings say “Enable budget”; the screen title is Plan.

Plan
Where admins set expense caps and dues before a period runs.
Expense cap
Optional spending limit for a category. Logged expenses roll up against it.
Payment due
A bill or payout the fund must make by a date — executed via Add expense.
Collection due
Money the group expects to receive by a date — executed via Add money.
Fund target
Optional goal for how much the group plans to pool; shown against what is actually received.

UPI & roles

Scan & pay
Scan a UPI QR → pay in GPay, PhonePe, Paytm, or BHIM → confirm → expense logged.
Approval
Optional: treasurer must approve received entries or expenses before they count.
Admin / Owner
Roles that can edit fund settings, Plan, and sometimes log money on behalf of others.
Treasurer
Common role for the person who manages the fund day to day.

Not Splitwise. noflaw tracks the group pool — what came in and what went out — not individual IOUs between friends.