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Liabilities - Customer Deposits and Deferred Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Liabilities
Customer deposits	$ 25,200	$ 41,500
Movement in Deferred Revenue
Beginning balance	70,536
Deferral of revenue	9,608
Recognition of previously deferred revenue	(31,867)
Ending balance	$ 48,277

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- Definition

Amount of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
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Refundable consideration, usually cash, held by the entity pending satisfactory completion of the entity's obligations or pending the closing of a contract.

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