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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (Details) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019 plan
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
Number of Qualified Defined Benefit Plans | 4
Number of defined benefit plans | 1
Number of defined contribution plans | 7

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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. + References No definition available. + Details
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