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Represents the amount associated with the amortization of initial payments for new contracts.

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Represents the amount associated with the amortization related to equity method investments.

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The current period expense charged against earnings on long-lived assets. Includes amortization of initial payments for new contracts and amortization related to equity method investments. Adjusted to reflect the entity's proportionate share of depreciation and amortization.

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The current period expense charged against earnings on long-lived, physical assets not used in production, and which are not intended for resale, to allocate or recognize the cost of such assets over their useful lives; or to record the reduction in book value of an intangible asset over the benefit period of such asset; or to reflect consumption during the period of an asset that is not used in production.

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The aggregate expense recognized in the current period that allocates the cost of tangible assets, intangible assets, or depleting assets to periods that benefit from use of the assets.

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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.

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