suspense account

noun [C]

Definition

› ACCOUNTING an account used to record payments temporarily when there is a possible problem or mistake with the amount

› BANKING a bank account used to keep money until it can be paid into the right account, especially when there is disagreement about who should receive the money: £50,000 was being held in a suspense account until the copyright dispute was cleared up.

(Definition of suspense account noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)