Debt Instrument, Covenant Compliance, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

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Debt Instrument, Covenant Compliance, Unencumbered Interest Coverage Ratio

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Line Of Credit Facility, Additional Borrowing Capacity

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Line Of Credit, Leverage Ratio

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Shareholders' Equity, Minimum

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

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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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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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for the line of credit facility regardless of whether the facility has been used.

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Amount of current borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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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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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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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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Notes Payable (Credit Facility) (Details) - Credit Facility		6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 03, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 500,000,000
Minimum shareholders' equity			$ 1,000,000,000.0
New Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 1,000,000,000
Additional borrowing capacity	$ 500,000,000
Remaining borrowing capacity		$ 998,000,000
Current borrowing capacity		1,000,000,000
Letters of credit outstanding		2,000,000
New Credit Facility \| Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit outstanding		$ 0
LIBOR \| New Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)		1.05%
Federal Funds Rate
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)			0.50%
Federal Funds Rate \| New Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)	0.50%
One-month LIBOR
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)			1.00%
One-month LIBOR \| New Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)	1.00%
Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Unencumbered interest coverage ratio			2.0
Fixed charge coverage ratio			1.50
Annual facility fee (percent)			0.15%
Minimum \| New Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Unencumbered interest coverage ratio	1.75
Minimum \| LIBOR
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)	1.05%		1.10%
Minimum \| Base Rate
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)	0.10%		0.10%
Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Leverage ratio (percent)			60.00%
Annual facility fee (percent)			0.30%
Maximum \| LIBOR
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)	1.45%		1.45%
Maximum \| Base Rate
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)	0.45%		0.45%