Debt - $400 Million Term Loan Facility - Additional Information (Detail) - $400 Million Term Loan Facility [Member]	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Additional credit facility	$ 400,000,000
Maturity date	Jan. 15, 2021
Debt Instrument, description of interest rate	The interest rate on the term loan B was LIBOR plus 2.75%.
Margin rate added to LIBOR rate to arrive at interest rate	2.75%
LIBOR floor rate	0.75%
Periodic payment, percentage on principal amount	1.00%

Minimum LIBOR associated with the calculation of interest rate.

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- Definition

Annual percentage of the original principal that amortizes in equal quarterly installments.

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- Definition

Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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- Definition

The reference rate for the variable rate of the debt instrument, such as LIBOR or the US Treasury rate and the maturity of the reference rate used, such as three months or six months LIBOR.

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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 the credit facility terminates, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(b),22(b))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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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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