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Percentage of annual increase in lease rental expenses.

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Amount of allowance utilized, monetary allowance granted by the landlord to a tenant to entice tenant to move into landlords building which will enable the tenant to prepare the leased.

No definition available.

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Monetary allowance granted by the landlord to a tenant to entice tenant to move into landlords building which will enable the tenant to prepare the leased premises for tenants occupancy.

No definition available.

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Amount of rent expense incurred for leased assets, including but not limited to, furniture and equipment, that is not directly or indirectly associated with the manufacture, sale or creation of a product or product line.

No definition available.

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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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Net rentable area for properties owned.

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Amount of operating lease expense. Excludes sublease income.

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Weighted average discount rate for operating lease calculated at point in time.

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Weighted average remaining lease term for operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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