OBLIGATED BALANCES -The net amount of obligations in a given account for which payment has not yet been made.
Obligated balances are the net amount of obligations in an account which have no yet been paid.
This may mean departing from the basic line of travel and walking or driving to a delivery point and returning to the basic line of travel, or it may mean slowing down from normal driving speed, stopping to make a delivery to a curbside mail receptacle, and then resuming normal speed.