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 = Glossary
 
+Stake:: An amount of KEEP that is bonded in order to participate in the
+  threshold relay and, optionally, the Keep network. Part or all of this can be
+  removed from escrow as penalties for misbehavior, while part or all of it can
+  be refunded if and when a participant chooses to withdraw in orderly fashion
+  from the network and relay.
+
 Staker:: A staking client that has a stake, but may not yet be in a signing
-	group.
+  group.
 
-Minimum Stake Amount:: The minimum stake that will make a staking client a
-	staker.
+Minimum Stake Amount:: The minimum stake amount that will make a staking client
+  a staker, as required by the staking smart contract.
 
 Stake Amount:: Total KEEP deposited for a single stake.
 
 Signing Member:: One member of one complete signing group in the threshold
-	relay.
+  relay.
 
 Signing Group:: One complete signing group in the threshold relay.
 
+Lead Signing Group:: The signing group that will produce the next relay entry
+  candidate (due to being the result of $E_i mod N$ with $E_i$ being the
+  current entry and $N$ being the number of groups). If this group fails to
+  respond to the request in time, the lead responsibility may shift to another
+  group.
+
 Relay Entry Candidate:: A random number generated by the threshold relay that
   has not yet been finalized on the blockchain; may be invalid.
 
@@ -51,12 +63,20 @@ Keep Owner, Delegate, Requester are described in the whitepaper.
 
 == Verbs
 
-The system *assigns* one *seat* of one *keep* to a *keep provider*.
+The network *assigns* one *seat* of one *keep* to a *keep provider*.
 
 One *keep provider* can only be assigned one *seat* for any given *keep*.
 
 One *keep* has 1 or more *seats*, which correspond to unique *keep providers*.
 
+One *staker* becomes a *signing member* on the threshold relay when the *signing
+group* they are a member of is *complete*.
+
+One *signing group* is *activated* once it is *complete* (meaning, it has a
+number of stakers assigned to it equal to the *signing group size*),
+*initialized* (meaning, the stakers have generated their key shares and the
+group has a public key registered), and the *activation delay* has elapsed.
+
 == Relationships
 
 A greater *stake amount* leads to a greater probability of being *assigned* a
@@ -64,6 +84,13 @@ A greater *stake amount* leads to a greater probability of being *assigned* a
 
 A greater number of *seats* costs more *native token* over time.
 
+The *threshold relay* generates one or more new *relay entry candidates* on
+request. One block on the chain can contain one or more requests for new relay
+entries.
+
+The pending *relay entry candidates* are finalized on the chain into *relay
+entries*.
+
 == Paying
 
 The Threshold Relay needs to be sustainable on its own.