Acronym Policy

This document uses acronyms only when they (1) appear frequently, (2) materially improve readability, and (3) do not conflict with other abbreviations. The first occurrence of any acronym must be written as Full Term (ACR). Acronyms that appear infrequently are written out in full to reduce cognitive load.

To avoid ambiguity, each acronym maps to exactly one concept across the entire specification. In particular, escrow line items WB/VB/AR/DR are reserved exclusively for Work Budget, Verification Budget, Audit Reserve, and Dispute/Arbitration Reserve; metric abbreviations must not reuse these tokens (e.g., use AGR for agreement rate and IDR for integrity/duplication rate).