| RA Bill | The bill for the work done so far. RA means running account. When the bill number has the word Final in it, it is the last bill of the work. |
| Schedule of Work | The list of the items of your work, with their codes, quantities and rates. |
| Work Outlay | The amount for the work after the factor, the cost index, the MKT and Recovery items and the quoted percentage, rounded to the rupee. |
| Quoted % | The percentage above or below the estimate that you quoted. It is in your award letter. |
| Cost index | A percentage added to the corrected total to bring the book rates up to today. It is printed in your tender papers. |
| Factor | The correction factor of your tender, a number like 0.973 that the book rates are multiplied by. It is also called the multiplying factor. |
| DSR | The Delhi Schedule of Rates, the rate book of CPWD. ContractBill has DSR 2023 and DSR 2016. |
| Appd. | An approved item, billed at the rate the department approved. It takes the factor and the cost index like a DSR item. |
| NS | A non schedule item, an item that is not in the rate book. It takes the factor and the cost index too. |
| MKT | A market rate item. It stays at par, which means no factor and no cost index. |
| Recovery | On the Schedule, an amount taken off the bill. It also stays at par. |
| Recovery tab | The security deposit, income tax, GST TDS and labour cess that the department keeps back, which give the Net Payable. |
| Say | The Grand total of the Schedule rounded to the whole rupee. It is the last line of the totals. |
| Abstract | The sheet that prices what was measured, and runs down to the Gross Amount Payable. |
| RE | Record Entry, the sheet of your measurements. On screen it is the Measurements tab. |
| Deviation | The difference between what was sanctioned and what was actually done. |
| Part rate | A lower rate paid now for work that is built but not finished, with the balance held back until it is. |
| MB | Measurement Book, where the measurements are recorded and signed. |
| AE | Assistant Engineer. |
| JE | Junior Engineer. |
| EE | Executive Engineer. The EE, the AE and the JE sign the sheets of the bill. |
