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Fair Value Measurement of Assets and Liabilities (Estimated Fair Values of Money Market Funds, Short-Term and Long-Term Investments) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | Mar. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
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Fair Value Measurement of Assets and Liabilities [Abstract] |  |
One year or less | $ 141,307 us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearFairValue |
One year to two years | 120,358 meli_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesOneToTwoYearsFairValue |
Two years to three years | 42,660 meli_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesTwoToThreeYearsFairValue |
Three years to four years | 15,147 meli_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesThreeToFourYearsFairValue |
Four years to five years | 11,987 meli_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesFourToFiveYearsFairValue |
Total | $ 331,459 us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities | $ 346,099 us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities

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- Definition Fair value of available-for-sale debt securities maturing in the next fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 320 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27724398&loc=d3e27198-111563 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 320 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6957658&loc=d3e62586-112803 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 320 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (d) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27724398&loc=d3e27161-111563 + Details
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