> This is the Markdown of a Backed Help Centre page, https://admin.backed.giving/help/administrator/organisation/terminology.md. Every page is listed at https://admin.backed.giving/help/llms.txt.

> This page uses Backed's default terms, such as Funding Round and Application Template. An organisation may rename them, so read each as your organisation's own term if you've renamed it.

`Settings > Profile and terms > Terminology` sets the words your organisation uses
for each thing in Backed, and rewords some headings and buttons applicants and assessors see.
Changes apply everywhere at once.

## Before you start

You can view the page with access to the organisation's settings. If you can only view it, the page
says `You can view these words. Changing them needs edit access.`

## Terms

The `Terms` tab lists every term with its `Default` and the words `In use`. The defaults are:

| Term | Default |
| --- | --- |
| Funding round | Grant / Grants |
| Application | Application / Applications |
| Applicant | Applicant / Applicants |
| Entity type: organisation | Organisation / Organisations |
| Entity type: individual | Individual / Individuals |
| Assessor | Assessor / Assessors |
| Assessment | Assessment / Assessments |
| Assessment round | Assessment Round / Assessment Rounds |
| Verifier | Verifier / Verifiers |
| Institution | Institution / Institutions |
| Funding decision | Decision / Decisions |
| Offer | Offer / Offers |
| Condition | Condition / Conditions |
| Contract | Contract / Contracts |
| Milestone | Milestone / Milestones |
| Payment | Payment / Payments |
| Payment batch | Payment Batch / Payment Batches |
| Fund | Fund / Funds |
| Program | Program / Programs |
| Funding category | Funding Category / Funding Categories |
| Collaborator | Collaborator / Collaborators |
| Referee | Referee / Referees |
| Eligibility | Eligibility |
| Registration | Registration / Registrations |
| Sign-in link | Sign in here |

To change a term:

1. Select `Edit` on its row.
2. Enter the `Singular` and the `Plural`. The two entity types show `Plural (optional)`, and
   Eligibility and the sign-in link have no plural.
3. Select `Save`. You see `Term saved.`

A word can be up to 40 characters and cannot contain double square brackets. A term with your
organisation's own words shows `Custom`. To go back to the default, select `Reset to default` on
its row; you see `Term reset to its default.`

The `Preview` beside the list (below it on a narrow screen) shows your unsaved words, and unsaved
interface text, on an applicant dashboard card, an email subject and a report header. Nothing is
saved until you save it.

## Interface text

The `Interface text` tab rewords individual headings and buttons, grouped by where they appear:
`Applicant dashboard`, `Landing pages`, `Application form`, `Submission confirmation`,
`Registration pages` and `Assessor dashboard`. Each text shows its default under its name, and
`Default in use` until you change it.

To change one, select `Edit`, enter the text (up to 80 characters) and select `Save`. It replaces
the heading or button exactly as you write it. Select `Clear`, or save an empty box, to show the
default again.

## What changes and what does not

Navigation, list titles, page headings and the emails Backed sends follow your words. Letters
already generated, audit entries and stored email logs keep the words they were written with.

If someone else changes the terminology while you are editing, the page says
`Someone else changed the terminology` and shows the latest words; your unsaved change stays open
so you can check it and save again.

## See also

- [Organisation settings](organisation-settings.md)
- [Welcome to Backed](../getting-started/welcome-to-backed.md)