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Debt Instrument, Convertible, Combination Settlement Election, Specified Dollar Amount, Ratio

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Debt Instrument, Convertible Or Exchangeable, Adjusted Conversion Ratio

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Debt Instrument, Convertible Or Exchangeable, Effective Conversion Price

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Debt Instrument, Convertible Or Exchangeable, Initial Conversion Ratio

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Number Of Hedging Programs

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The value of the financial instrument(s) that the original debt is being converted into in a noncash (or part noncash) transaction. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.

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The price per share of the conversion feature embedded in the debt instrument.

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The amount by which the convertible debt's if-converted value exceeds its principle amount at the balance sheet date, regardless of whether the instrument is currently convertible. This element applies to public companies only.

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Threshold period of specified consecutive trading days within which common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instrument must exceed threshold percentage for specified number of trading days to trigger conversion feature.

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Minimum percentage of common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instruments to determine eligibility of conversion.

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Threshold number of specified trading days that common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instruments must exceed threshold percentage within a specified consecutive trading period to trigger conversion feature.

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

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

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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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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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Borrowings - Encore Convertible Notes and Exchangeable Notes - Table and Narrative (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) day program $ / shares	Mar. 15, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 $ / shares
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issued	$ 272,500,000		$ 422,500,000
Initial conversion price (USD per share) \| $ / shares		$ 45.33
Maximum Stock Price at Time of Conversion \| $ / shares				$ 79.32
Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Amount	$ 221,200,000
Number Of Hedging Programs \| program	1
Combination Settlement Ratio	1.75
Convertible Notes \| 2022 Convertible Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issued	$ 0	$ 150,000,000	150,000,000
Stated interest rate (as a percent)	3.25%
Debt Instrument, Convertible, If-converted Value in Excess of Principal	$ 71,200,000
Convertible Notes \| 2025 Convertible Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issued	$ 100,000,000		100,000,000
Stated interest rate (as a percent)	3.25%
Initial conversion price (USD per share) \| $ / shares	$ 40.00
Closing stock price at date of issuance (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 32.00
Debt Instrument, Convertible Or Exchangeable, Initial Conversion Ratio	25.0000
Debt Instrument, Convertible Or Exchangeable, Adjusted Conversion Ratio	25.1310
Debt Instrument, Convertible Or Exchangeable, Effective Conversion Price	$ 39.79
Debt Instrument, Convertible, If-converted Value in Excess of Principal	$ 57,647,000
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Threshold Trading Days \| day	20
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Threshold Consecutive Trading Days \| day	30
Exchangeable Notes \| 2023 Exchangeable Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issued	$ 172,500,000		$ 172,500,000
Stated interest rate (as a percent)	4.50%
Initial conversion price (USD per share) \| $ / shares	$ 44.62
Closing stock price at date of issuance (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 36.45
Debt Instrument, Convertible Or Exchangeable, Initial Conversion Ratio	22.4090
Debt Instrument, Convertible Or Exchangeable, Adjusted Conversion Ratio	22.5264
Debt Instrument, Convertible Or Exchangeable, Effective Conversion Price	$ 62.13
Debt Instrument, Convertible, If-converted Value in Excess of Principal	$ 71,256,000
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Threshold Percentage of Stock Price Trigger	130.00%