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Represents the percentage of ownership of combined voting power held in the parent entity.

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Represents the period during which breakage for packaged tickets continues to be recognized as redemption if not used after being purchased.

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Represents the period over which total amount of breakage for that current month's sales in proportion to the pattern of actual redemptions is recognized.

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Represents the amount received from entity's first offering of stock to the public, contributed to the subsidiary.

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Represents the amount to be spent to earn rewards by members under the guest frequency program.

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Represents the amount of rewards allowed to be earned by members for each 100 dollars spent under the guest frequency program.

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The period from date of issuance for redemption of rewards under the guest frequency program must be less than or equal to this period.

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Represents the number of shares issued under an option exercised by the underwriters.

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Represents the aggregate number of shares issued including shares issued under an option exercised by underwriters during the period .

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Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line.

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The amount of impairment loss recognized in the period resulting from the write-down of the carrying amount of a finite-lived intangible asset to fair value.

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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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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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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from entity's first offering of stock to the public.

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The amount of breakage recognized related to unredeemed gift cards. Breakage occurs when a customer pays in advance of vendor performance and does not demand full performance for various reasons.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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Number of new stock issued during the period.

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