| Open invoice | A porcelain-sailed ship with cargo on deck, sailing money in |
| Bill, expense, subscription, tax | A clay-sailed ship waiting to be paid and sent out |
| Payroll run | A convoy: the ship with two crew boats |
| Kind | The lane it sails in |
| Due date | Distance from the dock: the horizon is 120 days out, the dock is today. Ships creep closer as the days pass. |
| Amount | Skiff under €5k, sloop under €40k, galleon above |
| Due within 30 days / 7 days | A dim cyan ring, then a bright one at the dock |
| Overdue | Moored at the dock, listing, sails gone grey, a red lantern |
| Reminder sent | The harbor tug has it on a short tow, a little closer; porcelain flag |
| Handled | Porcelain flag, no ring |
| Cash runway | The water level on the tide gauge (marked in months), and the weather |
| Runway not measured | Still haze, the water at rest, a gauge with no float and no scale. Health reads ? until Finance measures the burn: an unknown tide never counts as full |
| Handled, then gone from Finance's list | Managed for now: it sails calmly to the anchorage (the buoys below the lighthouse) and out of view. It was not paid |