Defined Benefit Plan, Number of Properties Released Under Amendment

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Defined Benefit Plan, Number of Properties Released Under Amendment Providing Funds For Required Deposit

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Pension Plan Protection Term

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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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The designation of funds furnished by a borrower to a lender to assure future payments of the borrower's real estate taxes and insurance obligations with respect to a mortgaged property. Escrow deposits may be made for a variety of other purposes such as earnest money and contingent payments. This element excludes replacement reserves which are an escrow separately provided for within the US GAAP taxonomy.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.10)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

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BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Agreement) (Details) $ in Millions	Mar. 18, 2016	Aug. 31, 2018 USD ($) property	Aug. 30, 2018 property	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 14, 2018 property	Nov. 30, 2017 property
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Number of properties released under amendment					138	138
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Pension plan protection term	5 years
Subsequent Event
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Number of properties released under amendment		12
Number of properties released under amendment that provided funds for required deposit			1
Pension Plan
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Escrow deposit \| $				$ 125
Pension Plan \| Subsequent Event
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Escrow deposit \| $		$ 32