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Amount of payments to be received by the lessor in the fifth rolling twelve months following the latest balance sheet presented for notes receivable.

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Amount of payments to be received by the lessor in the fourth rolling twelve months following the latest balance sheet presented for notes receivable.

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Amount of payments to be received by the lessor in the third rolling twelve months following the latest balance sheet presented for notes receivable.

No definition available.

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Amount of payments to be received by the lessor in the second rolling twelve months following the latest balance sheet presented for notes receivable.

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Amount of payments to be received by the lessor in the next rolling twelve months following the latest balance sheet presented for notes receivable.

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- References

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Amount of minimum lease payments to be received by the lessor for capital leases after the fifth rolling twelve months following the latest balance sheet. For interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

No definition available.

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Amount of minimum lease payments to be received by the lessor for capital leases in the fifth rolling twelve months following the latest balance sheet. For interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

No definition available.

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Amount of minimum lease payments to be received by the lessor for capital leases in the fourth rolling twelve months following the latest balance sheet. For interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

No definition available.

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Amount of minimum lease payments to be received by the lessor for capital leases in the third rolling twelve months following the latest balance sheet. For interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

No definition available.

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Amount of minimum lease payments to be received by the lessor for capital leases in the second rolling twelve months following the latest balance sheet. For interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

No definition available.

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Amount of minimum lease payments to be received by the lessor for capital leases in the next rolling twelve months following the latest balance sheet. For interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Future rental payments receivable within one year of the balance sheet date under an operating lease.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 840
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84164653&loc=d3e41551-112718

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Future rental payments receivable within the fifth year from the balance sheet date under an operating lease.

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Future rental payments receivable within the fourth year from the balance sheet date under an operating lease.

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Future rental payments receivable within the third year from the balance sheet date under an operating lease.

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Future rental payments receivable within the second year from the balance sheet date under an operating lease.

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Future minimum lease payments receivable under operating leases for periods greater than five years following the balance sheet date.