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Amount of Medicare subsidy receipts expected to be received in Year 5 after the balance sheet date.

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Amount of Medicare subsidy receipts expected to be received in Year 4 after the balance sheet date.

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Amount of Medicare subsidy receipts expected to be received in Year 1 after the balance sheet date.

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Amount of Medicare subsidy receipts expected to be received in Year 3 after the balance sheet date.

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Amount of Medicare subsidy receipts expected to be received in Year 2 after the balance sheet date.

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Benefit expense recorded during the period related to deferred compensation arrangements.

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Other non-qualified plans, benefit obligations - deferred compensation

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Actual percentage of fixed income securities held in mutual fund investments under the post-retirement plan.

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Actual percentage of international equity securities held in mutual fund investments under the post-retirement plan.

No definition available.

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Actual percentage of U.S. equity securities held in mutual fund investments under the post-retirement plan.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Assets, usually stocks, bonds, and other investments, that have been segregated and restricted (usually in a trust) to provide benefits, at their fair value as of the measurement date. Plan assets include amounts contributed by the employer (and by employees for a contributory plan) and amounts earned from investing the contributions, less benefits paid. If a plan has liabilities other than for benefits, those non-benefit obligations may be considered as reductions of plan assets.

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Amount of employer's best estimate of contributions expected to be paid to the plan during the next fiscal year beginning after the date of the latest statement of financial position.

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Target allocation maximum percentage of investments of this type to total plan assets presented on a weighted average basis.

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Target allocation minimum percentage of investments of this type to total plan assets presented on a weighted average basis.

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The carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of the obligations recognized for the various benefits provided to former or inactive employees, their beneficiaries, and covered dependents after employment but before retirement.

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Period expense related to postemployment benefits.

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