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Represents number of large customers accounted for entity's major share of revenue during the reporting period.

No definition available.

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Represents number of large customers accounted for entity's major share of accounts receivable during the reporting period.

No definition available.

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Percentage of accounts receivable from a single external customer that accounts for 10 percent or more of an entity's revenues.

No definition available.

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Represents the percentage of costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts attributable to major customers of the entity during the reporting period.

No definition available.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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