The number of equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that vested at balance sheet date.

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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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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
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- Definition

The number of non-vested equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that validly exist and are outstanding as of the balance sheet date.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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Share-Based Payment Awards - Deferred Stock Units - Additional Information (Detail) - shares	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
2016 Long Term Incentive Plan [Member]
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Ratable annual vesting period of equity awards	4 years
Non Executive Directors [Member]
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Non-vested deferred stock units outstanding		0	0
Deferred Stock Units [Member]
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Ratable annual vesting period of equity awards		1 year
Deferred Stock Units [Member] \| 2016 Long Term Incentive Plan [Member]
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Vested deferred stock units vested		0