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Amount of selling price of assets held-for-sale that are not part of a disposal group, expected to be sold within a year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

No definition available.

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Assets Held-for-sale, Reduction as Result of Disposal

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Number of renewals of operating lease.

No definition available.

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Reclassified Assets Held-for-sale

No definition available.

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Amount of assets held-for-sale that are not part of a disposal group, expected to be sold within a year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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- References

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Indicates (true false) whether lessee has option to extend operating lease.

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Term of lessee's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.