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Represents a year-over-year growth rate over a specified period of time.

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Date that step one goodwill impairment test was performed

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Represents a minimum amount of increase to the respective reporting unit's carrying value, that would likely result in failure of the first step of the goodwill impairment test, when keeping constant all other variables in calculating the estimated fair value of a reporting unit.

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Represents a minimum basis point increase in the WACC (expressed as a percentage)applied to the reporting unit's carrying value, that would likely result in failure of the first step of the goodwill impairment test, when keeping constant all other variables in calculating the estimated fair value of a reporting unit.

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Represents the excess of a reporting unit's estimated fair value over the reporting uint's carrying value, as of the date of the first step of the goodwill impairment test, expressed as a percentage.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Percentage of assumed long-term growth in revenues, used as an input to measure fair value.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Amount before accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Amount of accumulated impairment loss for an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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Total revenue from sale of goods and services rendered during the reporting period, in the normal course of business, reduced by sales returns and allowances, and sales discounts.

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