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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Contractual Obligations | The following table summarizes the Company’s contractual obligations for deferred compensation for the next five years and thereafter as of December 31, 2019:
(Payments)/Receipts Due by Year (in thousands) |
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2021 |  |  | 2022 |  |  | 2023 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | Thereafter |  |  | Total |
Other Long-Term Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Compensation (1) |  | $ | (761 | ) |  | $ | (1,116 | ) |  | $ | (1,116 | ) |  | $ | (991 | ) |  | $ | (709 | ) |  | $ | (3,897 | ) |  | $ | (8,590 | )
(1) | Estimated payments to the Company’s Chairman and one former executive officer based on actual and estimated retirement dates.

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