# 845.203 Definitions.
In this subpart—
*Additional charges* means interest, penalties, and/or administrative costs owed on a debt.
*Annuitant* means a retired employee or Member of Congress, former spouse, spouse, widow(er), or child receiving recurring benefits under the provisions of chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code.
*Compromise* is an adjustment of the total amount of the debt to be collected based upon the considerations established by the FCCS (4 CFR part 103).
*Consumer reporting agency* has the same meaning provided in 31 U.S.C. 3701(a)(3).
*Debt* means a payment of benefits to an individual in the absence of entitlement or in excess of the amount to which an individual is properly entitled.
*Delinquent* has the same meaning provided in 4 CFR 101.2(b).
*FCCS* means the Federal Claims Collection Standards (Chapter II of title 4, Code of Federal Regulations).
*Offset* means to withhold the amount of a debt, or a portion of that amount, from one or more payments due the debtor. Offset also means the amount withheld in this manner.
*Reconsideration* means the process of reexamining an individual's liability for a debt based on—
(a) Proper application of law and regulation; and
(b) Correctness of the mathematical computation.
*Repayment schedule* means the amount of each payment and the number of payments to be made to liquidate the debt as determined by OPM.
*Retirement fund* means the Civil Service Retirement Fund.
*Voluntary repayment agreement* means an alternative to offset that is agreed to by OPM and includes a repayment schedule.
*Waiver* is a decision not to recover a debt under authority of 5 U.S.C. 8470(b).