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The term, in days, for consumer loans.

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Credit services organization program to assist consumers in obtaining extensions of credit - terms.

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Pawn loans, term

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Threshold Missed Payments for Delinquency of Financing Receivable

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Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line.

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Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.

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Percentage of domestic federal statutory tax rate applicable to pretax income (loss).

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Foreign exchange rate used to translate amounts denominated in functional currency to reporting currency.

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Amount before tax of foreign currency transaction realized and unrealized gain (loss) recognized in the income statement.

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The cash outflow from the acquisition of a piece of land and anything permanently fixed to it, including buildings, structures on it and so forth, and payments to develop real estate assets by adding improvements on or to a parcel of land. Such improvements may include drainage, utilities, subdividing, access, buildings, and any combination of these elements. Including real estate intended to generate income for the owner; excluding real estate acquired for use by the owner.

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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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Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

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Threshold period past due for financing receivable to write off as uncollectible, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) payment Rate	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) Rate	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) Rate
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Cash associated with undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries	$ 28,200
Pawn loans, term	30 days
Threshold period past due for write-off of financing receivable	60 days
Threshold missed payments for delinquency of financing receivable \| payment	2
Asset impairments related to consumer loan operations	$ 1,514	$ 0	$ 0
U.S. federal statutory rate			35.00%
Advertising expense	1,400	1,800	$ 1,900
(Gain) loss on foreign exchange	(762)	317	(952)
Purchases of store real property	$ 19,996	$ 11,164	$ 13,407
Mexico, Pesos
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Foreign currency exchange rate, translation \| Rate	1920.00%	1890.00%	1870.00%
United States of America, Dollars
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Foreign currency exchange rate, translation \| Rate	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Guatemala, Quetzales
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Foreign currency exchange rate, translation \| Rate	750.00%	740.00%	760.00%
Colombia, Pesos
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Foreign currency exchange rate, translation \| Rate	295600.00%	295100.00%	305200.00%
Minimum
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Consumer loans term	7 days
Extensions of credit made by the Independent Lender to credit services customers terms	7 days
Maximum
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Consumer loans term	365 days
Extensions of credit made by the Independent Lender to credit services customers terms	365 days
Buildings \| Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment useful life (years)	30 years
Buildings \| Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment useful life (years)	40 years
Equipment \| Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment useful life (years)	3 years
Equipment \| Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment useful life (years)	5 years
United States
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
U.S. federal statutory rate	21.00%	35.00%
(Gain) loss on foreign exchange	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0