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Lessee operating lease extended expiration year of contract.

No definition available.

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Lessee operating lease initial fixed term of contract.

No definition available.

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Nonrecourse secured debt percentage of asset value.

No definition available.

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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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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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The number of businesses acquired by the entity during the period.

No definition available.