Debt Instrument, Convertible, If-converted Percentage in Excess of Price

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Debt Instrument, Convertible, Ratio of Trading Price Per $1,000 Principal Amount

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Debt Instrument, Convertible, Threshold Consecutive Business Days

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Debt Instrument, Discount Rate

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Debt Instrument, Percentage of Principal Received in Cash

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

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Ratio applied to the conversion of debt instrument into equity with equity shares divided by debt principal amount.

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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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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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- Definition

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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Fair value amount of debt instrument that was repurchased.

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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt discount.

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Notes Payable - 4.25% Notes (Details)	Oct. 01, 2013	Aug. 02, 2011 USD ($) day trading_day $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes repurchase amount			$ 230,000,000	$ 549,000,000
4.25% unsecured convertible notes due August 2018 \| Convertible Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount of debt instrument		$ 300,000,000.0
Stated interest rate (as percent)		4.25%	4.25%
Percentage of principal received in cash		100.00%
Debt discount rate		92.818%
Unamortized discount		$ 22,000,000
Conversion ratio		0.046387
Conversion price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 21.56
If-converted percentage in excess of price	130.00%
4.25% unsecured convertible notes due August 2018 \| Convertible Debt \| Debt Conversion, One
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of trading days \| trading_day		20
Period of consecutive trading days \| day		10
If-converted percentage in excess of price		130.00%
4.25% unsecured convertible notes due August 2018 \| Convertible Debt \| Debt Conversion, Two
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Period of consecutive trading days \| day		30
Threshold consecutive business days		5 days
Ratio of trading price per $1000 principal amount		98.00%