import { SchemaBase } from './dsl.js';
/** Kind of a dictionary entry: which naming rule the phrase participates in. */
export declare enum DictionaryEntryType {
    Entity = "entity",
    Business = "business"
}
/** A vocabulary entry. */
export interface DictionaryEntry extends SchemaBase {
    /**
     * Entry kind. Entity phrases (abbreviation of an entity, e.g. mer) must be
     * the FIRST segment of a field name; business phrases (attribute of an
     * entity, e.g. rate) must be the LAST segment.
     */
    type: DictionaryEntryType;
    /** Display label (Chinese) for the term. */
    label?: string;
}
/** An entity phrase entry — type narrowed to Entity. */
export interface EntityPhrase extends DictionaryEntry {
    type: DictionaryEntryType.Entity;
}
/**
 * Explains an entity phrase — the returned entry IS the phrase. `name` is the
 * phrase itself (column-name stem, e.g. mer / bd), not a full entity name;
 * label/description explain what it means. Convention: short phrase, not long
 * name. Entity phrases appear as the first segment of a field name (mer_id).
 */
export declare function defineEntityPhrase(extra: Omit<DictionaryEntry, 'type'>): EntityPhrase;
/**
 * Explains a business phrase (an attribute of an entity) — the returned entry
 * IS the phrase. `name` is the phrase itself (column-name stem, e.g. amt /
 * rate). Business phrases appear as the last segment of a field name (bd_rate).
 */
export declare function defineBusinessPhrase(extra: Omit<DictionaryEntry, 'type'>): DictionaryEntry;