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The percentage of ownership interest by the venture partner.

No definition available.

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The term of the lease related to the assets being leased-back in connection with the transaction involving the sale of property to another party and the lease of the property back to the seller.

No definition available.

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The noncurrent portion of the deferred gain recorded in connection with the sale-leaseback transaction.

No definition available.

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Estimated fair value of the venture partner's 20% interest required to be purchased by the Company at termination of venture agreement.

No definition available.

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Aggregate carrying amount, as of the balance sheet date, of the contractual obligation to purchase the venture partners interest upon termination of the venture arrangement.

No definition available.

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The venture agreement renewal option between the Company and the venture partner.

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.

No definition available.

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Aggregated carrying amounts of obligations as of the balance sheet date, excluding long-term debt, incurred as part of the normal operations that are expected to be paid after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer. Alternate captions include Total Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities.

No definition available.

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Amount recognized for uncertainty in income taxes classified as noncurrent.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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Amount of liabilities classified as other, due after one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Amount of cash inflow after closing and debt issuance costs received by a seller-lessee in a sale-leaseback recognized in investing activities.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 840
-SubTopic 40
-Section 55
-Paragraph 52
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28365400&loc=d3e51843-112757

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