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Other Long-Term Liabilities - Schedule of Other Long-term Liabilities (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Jun. 30, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018
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Other Liabilities Noncurrent [Abstract] |  |
Accrued warranty reserve | $ 653,095 | $ 547,125
Build-to-suit lease liability |  | 1,662,017
Operating lease right-of-use liabilities | 1,030,797 |
Deferred rent expense |  | 59,252
Financing obligation | 44,549 | 50,383
Sales return reserve | 577,914 | 84,143
Other noncurrent liabilities | 349,365 | 307,483
Total other long-term liabilities | $ 2,655,720 | $ 2,710,403

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- Definition For a classified balance sheet, the cumulative difference between the rental income or payments required by a lease agreement and the rental income or expense recognized on a straight-line basis, or other systematic and rational basis more representative of the time pattern in which use or benefit is granted or derived from the leased property, expected to be recognized in income or expense, by the lessor or lessee, respectively, more than one year after the balance sheet date. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.26(c)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 20 -Section 25 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77902458&loc=d3e39927-112707 + Details
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