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Percentage of participant compensation eligible for employer matching contribution, year four for participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

No definition available.

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Percentage of participant compensation eligible for employer matching contribution, less than one year for participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

No definition available.

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Percentage of participant compensation eligible for employer matching contribution, year one for participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

No definition available.

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Percentage of participant compensation eligible for employer matching contribution, year three for participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

No definition available.

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Percentage of participant compensation eligible for employer matching contribution, year two for participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

No definition available.

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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.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-SubTopic 205
-Topic 962
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478416/962-205-50-1