Date of first semiannual interest payment.

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Date of second semiannual interest payment.

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Beginning date for payment of interest.

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- Definition

Year of maturity of outstanding debt instrument.

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- Definition

Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 835

-SubTopic 30

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- Definition

Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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- Definition

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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- Definition

Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(a)(2))

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- Definition

Start date of debt instrument redemption period, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 942

-SubTopic 470

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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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Percentage of principal amount of debt redeemed.

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- Definition

Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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- Definition

The cash inflow during the period from additional borrowings in aggregate debt. Includes proceeds from short-term and long-term debt.

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Debt - $400 Million 5% Senior Notes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Jun. 05, 2015
$400 Million 5% Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date	Apr. 15, 2023
Senior notes, principal amount	$ 400,000,000
Interest rate of Senior Notes	5.00%
Beginning date of interest payments	Oct. 15, 2015
First semi-annual interest payment date	April 15
Second semi-annual interest payment date	October 15
Percentage of principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest	100.00%
Redemption date	Apr. 15, 2018
Net proceeds from issuance of senior notes	$ 392,000,000
$400 Million 5% Senior Notes [Member] \| Redemption Beginning April 15, 2018 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price expressed as percentage	103.75%
$400 Million 5% Senior Notes [Member] \| Redemption Beginning April 15, 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price expressed as percentage	102.50%
$400 Million 5% Senior Notes [Member] \| Redemption Beginning April 15, 2020 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price expressed as percentage	101.25%
$400 Million 5% Senior Notes [Member] \| Redemption Beginning April 15, 2021 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price expressed as percentage	100.00%
$350 Million Senior Notes at 5% Interest [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date	Apr. 15, 2021	Apr. 15, 2021
Senior notes, principal amount	$ 350,000,000	$ 350,000,000
Interest rate of Senior Notes	5.00%	5.00%
Maturity year of note	2021
Senior Secured Term Loan Facility [Member] \| $1 Billion Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total credit facility			$ 300,000,000