Reference

Reference

Quick product-specific definitions for budgeting, paycheck planning, accounts, transactions, and storage.

Budgeting terms

Ready to Budget
Unassigned money included from eligible Normal on-budget cash accounts, with per-account backing.
Assign money
The shared flow for funding a category or reassigning transferable category money, subject to account and source limits.
Account backing
The account-held cash attributed to a category; its total is not permission to spend from any account.
Planned
Money assigned to a category in the selected month.
Spent
Recorded category activity for the selected month.
Available
Money currently remaining in a category after activity and rollover.
Funded
Enough category money is available for the remaining obligation.
Scheduled
A future-dated payment that is recorded but not yet effective today.
Paid
The bill occurrence was satisfied by recorded payments or a manual paid status.
Projected Covered
Forecast income is expected to cover an obligation before it is due; the money may not have arrived or been assigned.

Planning terms

Paycheck Window
The bills after one payday through the next payday, inclusive; a bill due on payday belongs to the previous paycheck.
Expected Income
Forecast income used for planning. It is not real account money until an income transaction is recorded.
Received Paycheck
An eligible income transaction matched to one scheduled paycheck occurrence; its actual amount replaces that occurrence’s estimate.
Money Timeline
A read-only forecast of eligible cash from today through the next paycheck.
Expected Everyday Spending
Optional forecast spending based on current paycheck plans and, when enough history exists, recent typical cash spending.
Funding Suggestions
Recommendations about categories that may need money. Suggestions never assign or move money automatically.

Accounts and storage

Starting Balance
The real account balance entered when an account is added.
Cleared
A transaction confirmed against the real account or statement.
Pending
A recorded transaction not yet confirmed as cleared.
Reconciliation
Comparing InfinitelyZero’s cleared balance with the real account’s cleared or statement balance.
Transfer
Movement between two of your accounts. It is not new income or spending.
Local
Budget storage tied to one browser profile or desktop installation; Local devices do not automatically sync.
Cloud
Budget storage in InfinitelyZero’s Cloud service, available across supported devices after sign-in.

See Getting Started, Expected Income, and Local and Cloud for full guides.