Lender Percentage.

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- Definition

Line of Credit Facility, Additional Borrowing Capacity.

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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

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

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(b),22(b))
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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

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

Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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- Definition

The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current portion of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03(13))
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Debt - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)		9 Months Ended
Debt - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	May 26, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Outstanding borrowing capacity		$ 0
Remaining available borrowing capacity		$ 300,000,000
Federal Funds Rate [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate	0.50%
Eurodollar Rate Loans [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate	1.00%
Fourth Amended And Restated Credit Agreement [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Termination date of the Credit Agreement		Nov. 05, 2024
Revolver Loans Portion Effective January 1 through June 30 [Member] \| Fourth Amended And Restated Credit Agreement [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Revolving loans in a collective maximum principal amount		$ 250,000,000
Revolver Loans Portion Effective July 1 through December 31 [Member] \| Fourth Amended And Restated Credit Agreement [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Revolving loans in a collective maximum principal amount		$ 200,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Additional Borrowing Capacity	$ 100,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| BOA [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Lender Percentage	47.50%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Well Fargo [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Lender Percentage	28.00%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Regions [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Lender Percentage	24.50%