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Amount, excluding tax collected from customer, of contra revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer.

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Amount of customer incentive assets.

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Amount of fuel purchases pursuant to the fuel agreement.

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Number of warrants vested.

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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Value of outstanding derivative securities that permit the holder the right to purchase securities (usually equity) from the issuer at a specified price.

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