The maximum equity interest that can be acquired by the company.

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The percentage of members of the board of directors that have been appointed by the Company.

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Represents the period over which a proxy is expected over the Expedia Holdings shares.

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The total number of members of the board of directors.

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Represents the number of directors appointed by the company.

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Voting ownership interest in investee.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66011266&loc=d3e33918-111571

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Investment in Expedia - Text (Details) - item	Nov. 05, 2016	Nov. 03, 2016	Dec. 31, 2017
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Proxy period (in months)	18 months
Liberty Interactive \| Expedia
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percentage of members of board which can be appointed by the company		20.00%
Number of members in board of directors		13
Number of directors appointed by the company		3
Maximum equity interest that can be acquired		20.01%
Expedia
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percentage of equity interest			15.60%
Voting interest			52.00%