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Refers to defined contribution plan employer discretionary contribution vesting period, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

No definition available.

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Amount of matching contributions made by an employer to a defined contribution plan.

No definition available.

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Percentage of non matching contribution to participants under the defined contribution plan.

No definition available.

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Amount of discretionary contributions made by an employer to a defined contribution plan.

No definition available.

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Percentage employer matches of the employee's percentage contribution matched.

No definition available.

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Maximum percentage of employee gross pay the employee may contribute to a defined contribution plan.

No definition available.

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