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Minimum amount to be expended to satisfy the terms of long-term purchase arrangements in which the entity has agreed to expend funds to procure goods or services.

No definition available.

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Security Incident, Net Pre-tax Expense

No definition available.

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Amount of gain (loss) on termination of lease before expiration of lease term.

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- References

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

No definition available.

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Amount of loss contingency liability.

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-Topic 450
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Amount of increase (decrease) in loss contingency liability.

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