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Treasury Stock, Shares, Acquired From Each Of Dealers

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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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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions 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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The cash outflow to reacquire common stock during the period.

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Amount of stock repurchase plan authorized.

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The number of shares authorized to be repurchased by an entity's Board of Directors under a stock repurchase plan.

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The remaining number of shares authorized to be repurchased by an entity's Board of Directors under a stock repurchase plan.

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Number of shares that have been repurchased during the period and are being held in treasury.

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TREASURY STOCK (Details) - USD ($)			12 Months Ended			15 Months Ended
TREASURY STOCK (Details) - USD ($)	Feb. 02, 2018	Feb. 01, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016	Jul. 15, 2015	Oct. 24, 2017	May 19, 2015	Apr. 22, 2014
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Shares repurchased during the period (in shares)	7,387,862
Shares repurchased during the period, value			$ 501,324,000	$ 79,996,000	$ 302,784,000
Shares repurchased during the period from each of the dealers	3,693,931
Shares repurchased as percentage of total expected to be repurchased	70.00%
Dealer one
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Shares repurchased during the period, value	$ 150,000,000
Dealer two
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Shares repurchased during the period, value	$ 150,000,000
Restricted stock units
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Shares repurchased during the period (in shares)			408,097	320,572	256,514
Shares repurchased during the period, value			$ 13,600,000	$ 9,600,000	$ 9,100,000
Share repurchase program, April 2014
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Stock authorized to repurchase amount									$ 100,000,000
Shares repurchased during the period (in shares)					67,752	824,452
Shares repurchased during the period, value					$ 2,800,000	$ 34,300,000
Common stock available to be purchased			0
Share repurchase program, May 2015
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Shares repurchased during the period (in shares)		970,650	6,773,438	3,148,426	10,078,136
Shares repurchased during the period, value		$ 27,600,000	$ 227,600,000	$ 80,000,000	$ 300,000,000
Common stock available to be purchased			0
Stock authorized to repurchase under stock repurchase program (in shares)								20,000,000
Share repurchase program, October 2017
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Shares repurchased during the period (in shares)		6,417,212
Shares repurchased during the period, value		$ 182,400,000
Common stock available to be purchased			18,582,788
Stock authorized to repurchase under stock repurchase program (in shares)							25,000,000
Senior secured revolving credit facility \| Line of credit
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Amount outstanding under credit facility		$ 300,000,000	$ 600,000,000