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Payment schedule for securitization borrowings based on expected liquidation of retail notes in the next fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Payment schedule for securitization borrowings based on expected liquidation of retail notes maturing in the fifth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Payment schedule for securitization borrowings based on expected liquidation of retail notes maturing in the fourth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Payment schedule for securitization borrowings based on expected liquidation of retail notes maturing in the third fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Payment schedule for securitization borrowings based on expected liquidation of retail notes maturing in the second fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes 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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The total carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of debt having initial terms less than one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer. Also includes the current portion of long-term debt.

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The total carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of debt having initial terms less than one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer. Also includes the current portion of long-term debt and short-term securitization borrowings.

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date, including the current and noncurrent portions, of collateralized debt obligations (with maturities initially due after one year or beyond the operating cycle, if longer). Such obligations include mortgage loans, chattel loans, and any other borrowings secured by assets of the borrower.

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-Paragraph 19, 20, 22

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Weighted average interest rate of short-term debt outstanding.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Publisher SEC

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