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Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Change In Amount of Contingent Consideration, EBITDA Metric, Affect of Change In Discount Rate

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Information on the expected future value of the payment for the contingent consideration.

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- References

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Fair Value Inputs, EBITDA Probability Range

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For contingent consideration arrangements recognized in connection with a business combination, this element represents an estimate of the high-end of the potential range (undiscounted) of the consideration which may be paid.

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Value of input used to measure contingent consideration liability from business combination.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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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 fair value amount of long-term debt whether such amount is presented as a separate caption or as a parenthetical disclosure. Additionally, this element may be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements. The element may be used in both the balance sheet and disclosure in the same submission.

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