Glossary of Terms for Offers

Use: Active use of the thing

Thing: A material value

Offer: Advertisement of a possible use of a thing

Co-offer: Offer with multiple Offerors

Offeror: Person who offers

Gift: Offer with promisory free transfer of ownership of a thing

Gifter: Offeror of a gift

Loan: Offer the transfer of use of a thing

Share: Acceptance of a loan andor a Co-offer of a thing

Exchange: Reciprocal transfer of ownership of things

Barter: Lovely exchange

Swap: Lovely exchange

User: Person compliant with the conditions of use of the thing

Requester: Person asking for using an offer

Borrower: Loan Provider

Lender: Loan receiver

Agent: Contact person of the thing on behalf of its owner

Ownership: Ultimate authority over a thing

Legal: Applicable conventional conditions

Want / Demand: Need of using a thing

Project: Proposed development of a thing

Service: Thing valued in hours

Grant: Offer for the mediator/owner to claim in case some specified events happening

Points: Internal reputation system tokens

Contribution: Immaterial or material gift

Operational contribution: Additional costs to be covered to able to use a thing

Symbolic contribution: Small gift requirement

Patrimonial contribution: Supply cost of use (optionally get % of co-offer acquired by using it)

Loan me too: The taker promises to freely lend some thing to the borrower in the future

Shareful: A neword synonym of shareable that facilitate the identification of our lending philosophy.

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