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DEFERRED COMMISSIONS | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2021
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
DEFERRED COMMISSIONS | NOTE 5. DEFERRED COMMISSIONS
(in thousands) | March 31, 2021 |  | December 31, 2020
Deferred commissions (1) | $ | 103,474 |  |  | $ | 108,624 |
(1) Included in other long-term assets.
|  |  | Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands) |  |  |  |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Amortization of deferred commissions (1) |  |  |  |  | $ | 11,496 |  |  | $ | 8,497 |
(1) Included in selling and marketing expense.

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