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The employer match percentage for the first thousand dollars in employee contribution to the 401(k) plan.

No definition available.

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Employer matching contributions of first $1000 of compensation deferred by each participant expressed in dollars.

No definition available.

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The employer match percentage for the next thousand dollars in employee contribution to the 401(k) plan.

No definition available.

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Employer contribution match of next $1000 of compensation deferred by each participant expressed in dollars.

No definition available.

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Fair value of the allocated, committed-to-be-released and suspense common shares of stock held by the ESOP.

No definition available.

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Fair value of unearned shares held by the employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).

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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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Sum of the allocated, committed-to-be-released and suspense shares of the entity held by the plan.

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Estimated period over which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the equity-based payment award, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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