Performance stock unit award period.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(2)(iii)(1)
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The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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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.

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Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) - Number of PSUs Granted Based on Return on Invested Capital and Grant Date Fair Value (Details) - $ / shares							12 Months Ended
	Mar. 01, 2020	Feb. 13, 2020	Feb. 12, 2020	Jul. 11, 2019	Feb. 14, 2019	Feb. 13, 2019	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Three-year PSU Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
PSU awards performance period							3 years	3 years	3 years
Number of units granted (in shares)							323,135
granted (in dollars per share)							$ 36.33
PSU Awards \| Return on Invested Capital
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of units granted (in shares)	29,690	42,507	35,068	25,997	32,922	33,885
granted (in dollars per share)	$ 30.31	$ 34.40	$ 35.86	$ 43.22	$ 42.10	$ 42.21