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Leases (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Leases [Abstract] |
Lease related asset and liability | Lease-related asset and liability balances were as follows:
|  | December 31, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
Operating Leases |  |  |  |
Right-of-use assets |  | $ | 461 |  |  | $ | 443 |
Accrued and other liabilities |  | $ | 89 |  |  | $ | 93 |
Operating lease liabilities |  | 376 |  |  | 355 |
Total operating lease liabilities |  | $ | 465 |  |  | $ | 448 |
Weighted Average Remaining Term (in years) |  | 8 |  | 8
Weighted Average Lease Discount Rate |  | 3.1 | % |  | 3.5 | %
Lease, Cost | The components of operating lease expense were as follows:
|  | December 31, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
Operating lease cost (1) |  | $ | 117 |  |  | $ | 113 |
Short-term lease cost |  | 70 |  |  | 58 |
Total operating lease cost |  | $ | 187 |  |  | $ | 171 |
_____________________________ (1)Includes fixed lease payments for operating leases recorded in the consolidated balance sheet.
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Maturity | Maturities of lease liabilities were as follows at December 31, 2020:
|  | Operating Leases
2021 |  | $ | 102 |
2022 |  | 85 |
2023 |  | 69 |
2024 |  | 54 |
2025 |  | 42 |
Thereafter |  | 171 |
Total lease payments |  | 523 |
Less: imputed interest |  | (58) |
Present value of lease liabilities |  | $ | 465 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of undiscounted cash flows of lessee's operating lease liability. Includes, but is not limited to, reconciliation of undiscounted cash flows to operating lease liability recognized in statement of financial position. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 842 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121609121&loc=SL77918701-209980 + Details
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