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|Valuation And Qualifying Accounts                 | Schedule VCincinnati Financial Corporation and SubsidiariesValuation and Qualifying Accounts(Dollars in millions)At December 31,201520142013Allowance for doubtful receivables:Beginning balance, January 1$3$2$2Additions charged to costs and expenses321Deductions(2)(1)(1)Ending balance, December 31$4$3$2
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|Cincinnati Financial Corporation and Subsidiaries
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|Allowance for doubtful receivables:               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|Beginning balance, January 1                      |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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|Ending balance, December 31                       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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X- DefinitionThe entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements.
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