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Components Of Equity - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
May 06, 2015
Non-Discretionary Plan    
Class of Stock [Line Items]    
Shares repurchased 458,991us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares
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Average price per share $ 47.84expd_AveragePricePerShare
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Discretionary Plan    
Class of Stock [Line Items]    
Shares repurchased 1,157,523us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares
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Average price per share $ 47.87expd_AveragePricePerShare
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Expected common stock shares issued and outstanding 188,000,000expd_ExpectedCommonStockSharesIssuedAndOutstanding
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Subsequent Event    
Class of Stock [Line Items]    
Date of declaration of dividends   May 06, 2015
Dividend declared per share   $ 0.36us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared
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Date of dividend payment   Jun. 15, 2015
Dividends payable to shareholders date of record   Jun. 01, 2015