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Claims Expense Incurred

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Amount of deferred revenue from sales of extended warranty contracts as of balance sheet date. Deferred revenue represents collection of cash where revenue has not yet been recognized.

No definition available.

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Amount of deferred revenue associated with amounts received for which customers have not yet taken possession of merchandise or for which installation is not complete.

No definition available.

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Amount of revenue recognized that was previously included in balance of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration from customer has been received or is due.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 8
-Subparagraph (b)
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Amount of liability for consideration received or receivable from customer which is not included in transaction price, when consideration is expected to be refunded to customer, classified as current.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 55
-Paragraph 27
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121551570&loc=SL49130611-203046-203046

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Amount of right to recover product from customer on settling refund liability, classified as current.

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