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Employee Benefits (Details) - Schedule of provisions for personnel benefits and payroll $ in Thousands, $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2020 CLP ($) | Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2019 CLP ($) | Dec. 31, 2018 CLP ($)
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Schedule of provisions for personnel benefits and payroll [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |
Short-term personnel benefits | $ 43,941 |  |  | $ 51,051 |  |
Vacation accrual | 33,993 |  |  | 27,609 |  | $ 26,855
Employee defined benefit plan | 7,581 | [1] |  | 7,566 | [1] | $ 7,754
Other Benefits | 25,728 |  |  | 22,849 |  |
Total | $ 111,243 |  | $ 156,262 | $ 109,075 |  |
[1] | See Note No. 2 (x) (iii).

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- Definition The amount of provisions for short-term personnel benefits classified as incentive plans. + References No definition available. + Details
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