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Represents the interest amount to be deducted in total amount of benefits from a defined benefit plan expected to be paid.

No definition available.

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Represents the total amount of benefits from a defined benefit plan expected to be paid. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

No definition available.

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Represents the quarterly amount to be paid in a defined benefit plan expected to be paid. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

No definition available.

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Long-term portion of withdrawal liability from a pension or postretirement benefit plan to which two or more unrelated employers contribute where assets contributed by one participating employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers.

No definition available.

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- References

No definition available.

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Amount of benefits for defined benefit plan expected to be paid in five fiscal years after fifth fiscal year following latest fiscal year.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (f)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118255775&loc=d3e1928-114920

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Amount of benefits for defined benefit plan expected to be paid in next fiscal year following latest fiscal year.

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Amount of benefits for defined benefit plan expected to be paid in fifth fiscal year following latest fiscal year.

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Amount of benefits for defined benefit plan expected to be paid in fourth fiscal year following latest fiscal year.

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Amount of benefits for defined benefit plan expected to be paid in third fiscal year following latest fiscal year.

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Amount of benefits for defined benefit plan expected to be paid in second fiscal year following latest fiscal year.

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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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Amount of the obligation recognized by withdrawing from a pension or postretirement benefit plan to which two or more unrelated employers contribute where assets contributed by one participating employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers.

No definition available.