Line Of Credit Facility, Extension Term

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Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity If Increased

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Line Of Credit Facility, Number Of Extensions

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

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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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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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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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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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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Amount of cash inflow from contractual arrangement with the lender, including but not limited to, letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements.

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Debt - Revolving Credit Facilities (Details)	1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended
Debt - Revolving Credit Facilities (Details)	Apr. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2022 USD ($) extension	May 31, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($)
2018 Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 500,000,000
Debt term			5 years
2018 Credit Agreement \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee			0.075%
2018 Credit Agreement \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee			0.15%
2018 Credit Agreement \| Base Rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate			0.00%
2018 Credit Agreement \| Base Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate			0.25%
2018 Credit Agreement \| LIBOR \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate			0.875%
2018 Credit Agreement \| LIBOR \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate			1.25%
2022 Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 500,000,000
Debt term		5 years
Maximum borrowing capacity under specific conditions		$ 1,000,000,000
Line of credit facility, number of extensions \| extension		2
Line of credit facility, extension term		1 year
Outstanding borrowings				$ 0
2022 Credit Agreement \| Subsequent Event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings on line of credit	$ 90,000,000
2022 Credit Agreement \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee				0.07%
2022 Credit Agreement \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee				0.125%
2022 Credit Agreement \| Base Rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate				0.00%
2022 Credit Agreement \| Base Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate				0.125%
2022 Credit Agreement \| Benchmark Rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate				0.75%
2022 Credit Agreement \| Benchmark Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate				1.125%
2022 Credit Agreement \| Reference Rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate				0.75%
2022 Credit Agreement \| Reference Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate				1.125%