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The minimum age for a participant's unvested company contributions to fully vest in a deferred compensation plan.

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The percentage of a participant's contributions that vest in a deferred compensation plan.

No definition available.

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The percentage of a participant's base salary that can be be deferred in a deferred compensation plan.

No definition available.

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The percentage of a participant's bonus or director fees that can be deferred in a deferred compensation plan.

No definition available.

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The percentage of company contributions to a deferred compensation plan that vest after five years of service.

No definition available.

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The percentage of company contributions to a deferred compensation plan that vest after ten years of service.

No definition available.

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The percentage of company contributions to a deferred compensation plan that vest annually after the first 50% vest with ten years of service.

No definition available.

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The term of a participant's service with the Company to qualify for accelerated vesting above a specified compensation level under the deferred compensation plan.

No definition available.

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The term of a participant's service with the Company to qualify for 50% vesting of Company contributions to a deferred compensation plan, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

No definition available.

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Period over which participant vests in Company contributions to deferred compensation plan, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

No definition available.

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The total amount of cash and securities held by third party trustees pursuant to terms of debt instruments or other agreements as of the date of each statement of financial position presented, which can be used by the trustee only to pay the noncurrent portion of specified obligations.

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The compensation expense recognized during the period pertaining to the deferred compensation arrangement.

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Aggregate carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the liabilities for all deferred compensation arrangements payable beyond one year (or the operating cycle, if longer).

No definition available.