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Represents, for rights of the holder of capital units to receive partners capital account distributions, the initial percentage (100%) to be applied during a specified period to 30 percent of subsidiary distributions in excess of a specified amount, as defined.

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No definition available.

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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Amount of equity interests of the acquirer, including instruments or interests issued or issuable in consideration for the business combination.

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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.

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