Glossary
Quick definitions for terms used in PayTracker Web. Click a letter to jump to that section.
A
- Account Settings
- Your profile info (display name, email, phone), security (2FA, recovery codes), and team/billing controls.
- Adjustment (Pay Adjustment)
- A payment entry that increases or decreases pay outside of miles/drops (e.g., bonuses, corrections, fees).
- App Settings
- Preferences for how the app behaves (e.g., start of week, default rates, theme).
- Archiving
- Moving older payments to a week folder for storage and quicker browsing; enables searching/downloading later.
B
- BOL (Bill of Lading)
- Shipping document for the load. You can attach scan/photos when recording details.
D
- Detention
- Time spent waiting at shipper/receiver beyond the included window. Paid via Detention Rate × time.
- Detention Rate
- Hourly rate used to calculate detention pay.
- Display Name
- The name shown in the app UI and (optionally) on shared artifacts.
- Drop
- A stop where a trailer is dropped/picked up (no live load/unload). Paid via Drop Rate.
- Drop Rate
- Flat amount paid per drop stop.
- Driver Teams
- Two drivers linked into a team for shared data and coordination. Invites are required to join.
E
- Empty Miles
- Miles driven without a load. May be paid differently than loaded miles.
I
- Invite (Team Invite)
- An email link sent to a teammate so they can join your two-person team.
L
- Live Trip (Live Load/Unload)
- Stop where the trailer is actively loaded/unloaded. Often tracked with arrival/depart/appointment times.
- Loaded Miles
- Miles driven with a load on the trailer.
- Live Rate
- Flat amount paid for a live load/unload stop, if used in your setup.
M
- Mile Rate
- Pay per mile. May be applied differently to loaded vs empty miles depending on your settings.
- Move Order
- A non-standard movement (e.g., repositioning equipment) recorded as its own payment type.
O
- Origin
- Starting location of a route (Country → State/Province → City).
P
- Pay Day
- Day of the week you’re paid. Used to compute the weekly view and totals.
- Pay Adjustment
- See Adjustment.
- Payments Index
- Main listing of your payments with filters and quick actions.
R
- Recovery Rate
- Flat or per-mile amount used for trailer recovery jobs.
- Route
- A pair of locations (Origin/Destination) plus miles (empty/loaded) used across payment types.
S
- Scanning
- Capturing documents (e.g., BOLs) via upload or mobile scan for attachment to payments.
- Searching (Archive)
- Finding archived payments by date, type, route, or number.
- Start of Week
- Which weekday your work week starts on. Affects weekly totals and folder grouping.
- State / Province
- Second-level location under Country; part of Origin/Destination.
T
- Team
- A pair of drivers linked for collaboration. Invites gate who can join; max of two members.
- Trailer Recovery
- A payment type for recovering/moving a trailer, paid via the Recovery Rate and miles if applicable.
- Transflo
- Third-party service for sending load docs. The app can export docs in a Transflo-friendly format.
- Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
- Extra security requiring a code (in addition to your password) when signing in.
V
- Visited Cities
- Your personal history of cities by Country/State used to auto-suggest locations.
W
- Week Folder
- An archive bucket for payments that fall within a specific week ending date.
- Weekly Total
- The sum of pay items for the week, shown in dashboard/summary views.