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Significant Accounting Policies - Accounting for Share-Based Compensation (Details) | Dec. 31, 2020 item
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Number of awards with which entity has elected to treat awards with only service conditions and with graded vesting | 1

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- Definition Number of awards with which entity has elected to treat awards with only service conditions and with graded vesting. + References No definition available. + Details
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