In a cash account, when you place an order to buy a security, the money required to fill the order is "locked". Suppose you have $10,000 in your account. If you place a buy order of 100 shares of a stock at $20, you still have $10,000, but $2,000 is locked and only $8,000 is available. What's the $2,000 called in this context? Deposits? Thanks.