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This amount represents the maximum amount of receivables eligible to be sold to the asset-backed securitization programs.

No definition available.

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Represents the number of asset-backed securitization programs in which the entity participates.

No definition available.

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Proceeds From Collection Of Deferred Purchase Price Receivables

No definition available.

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Service fee.

No definition available.

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This amount represents the total amount of accounts receivable sold by the company to a third party.

No definition available.

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Proceeds from securitizations of receivables treated as collateralized borrowings, which are classified as financing transactions.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

No definition available.

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Aggregate amount of servicing assets that are subsequently measured at fair value and servicing assets that are subsequently measured using the amortization method.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 50
-Section 45
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6469459&loc=d3e122501-111745

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