Debt Instrument, Covenant Terms, Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Required For Four Consecutive Quarters

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Debt Instrument, Covenant Terms, Triggering Event, Borrowing Capacity Threshold

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Credit Facility, Borrowing Base Terms, Percentage Of Eligible Accounts Receivable

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Credit Facility, Borrowing Base Terms, Percentage Of Qualified Cash

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Fair value portion of debt instrument payable, including, but not limited to, notes payable and loans payable.

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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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Weighted average interest rate of debt outstanding.

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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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LONG-TERM DEBT - Asset-based Revolving Credit Facility due 2023 (Details)	Jun. 14, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 01, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	May 01, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate			6.70%		9.90%
Aggregate market value of debt			$ 6,000,000,000		$ 8,700,000,000
Line of Credit \| Asset-based Revolving Credit Facility due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowings provided under credit facility			450,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Asset-based Revolving Credit Facility due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowings provided under credit facility			$ 450,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| Subsidiary \| Line of Credit \| Asset-based Revolving Credit Facility due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowings provided under credit facility				$ 450,000,000.0
Percentage of eligible accounts receivable	90.00%
Percentage of qualified cash	100.00%
Maximum increase in credit facility	$ 150,000,000
Borrowing capacity threshold		$ 40,000,000.0
Percentage of aggregate commitments or borrowing base		10.00%
Minimum fixed charge coverage ratio required for four consecutive quarters		1.00
Revolving Credit Facility \| Subsidiary \| Line of Credit \| Asset-based Revolving Credit Facility due 2023 \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee percentage	0.25%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Subsidiary \| Line of Credit \| Asset-based Revolving Credit Facility due 2023 \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee percentage	0.375%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Subsidiary \| Line of Credit \| Asset-based Revolving Credit Facility due 2023 \| Eurodollar \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	1.25%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Subsidiary \| Line of Credit \| Asset-based Revolving Credit Facility due 2023 \| Eurodollar \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	1.75%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Subsidiary \| Line of Credit \| Asset-based Revolving Credit Facility due 2023 \| Base Rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	0.25%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Subsidiary \| Line of Credit \| Asset-based Revolving Credit Facility due 2023 \| Base Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	0.75%