NewJargonNotice("suspension account") Is this new nomenclature? It sounds less risque than "float", I must say... As Hal pointed out, this term refers to the double-entry book notation used to keep track of how much digital cash has been withdrawn but not yet deposited. I don't think I invented this use of the word "suspension", but I also can't find where I might have picked it up. One can consider that a digital cash exchange creates a delay between the two legs of the transaction. In between the beginning and end, the transaction is suspended. That's the sense of the word. "Float" is a financial concept, not an accounting one or a legal one. The issues are greater than financial ones only, and the terminology needed is correspondingly greater. Eric