Resources
Glossary
Terms used throughout the TeePay documentation.
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Collection | A payment you receive from a customer. |
| Payout | Money you send from your TeePay balance (a disbursement). |
| Market | A country and its local currency, such as TZ with TZS. Your key's markets are listed by capabilities. |
| Minor units | The smallest unit of a currency (ISO 4217). TZS 1.00 is 100 minor units; UGX has no decimals, so UGX 1 is 1. |
| Public reference | TeePay's reference for a payment, used to read it and shown in webhooks. |
| Verified | Confirmed with the provider and posted to your ledger. Only verified money is received money. |
| Ledger | TeePay's double-entry record of your balances. |
| Payment profile | Branding, payment methods, return URL and webhook URL for your checkouts. |
| Checkout session | A hosted payment page for one amount, created through the API. |
| Control Number | A Tanzanian payment reference for a bill or a customer. |
| Beneficiary | The person a Control Number is issued for, who may differ from the payer. |
| Idempotency key | Your unique key for a create request, so retries never duplicate it. |
| Scope | A permission on an API key, such as checkout:create. |
| Link key | A restricted key (tplk_) that can only create and read payment links; used by MCP. |
| USSD push | A payment prompt sent to the customer's phone, approved with their PIN. |