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Earnings before interest, taxes, and amortization (EBITA).

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Litigation and professional services expenses.

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The aggregate expense charged against earnings to allocate the cost of intangible assets (nonphysical assets not used in production) in a systematic and rational manner to the periods expected to benefit from such assets. As a noncash expense, this element is added back to net income when calculating cash provided by or used in operations using the indirect method.

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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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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in the value of a contingent consideration liability, including, but not limited to, differences arising upon settlement.

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Costs incurred to effect a business combination which have been expensed during the period. Such costs could include business integration costs, systems integration and conversion costs, and severance and other employee-related costs.

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The net result for the period of deducting operating expenses from operating revenues.

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Amount of restructuring charges, remediation cost, and asset impairment loss.

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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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SEGMENT REPORTING - Reconciliation of Company's Primary Measure of Segment Profitability (EBITA) to Income from Operations (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Reconciling Item For Operating Profit Loss From Segment To Consolidated [Line Items]
EBITA									$ 727,624	$ 707,477	$ 648,015
Amortization expenses	$ (26,989)	$ (33,128)	$ (50,909)	$ (18,274)	$ (18,541)	$ (9,239)	$ (8,921)	$ (8,797)	(129,300)	(45,498)	(32,692)
Acquisition expenses									(9,646)	(39,138)	(13,333)
Integration expenses	(26,579)	(19,162)	(22,578)	(19,268)	(20,432)	(13,447)	(8,924)	(8,886)	(87,587)	(51,689)	(25,968)
Litigation and professional services expenses	(7,459)	(1,481)	(2,664)	(1,300)					(12,904)	(59,651)	(6,574)
Change in fair value of contingent consideration	(34)	(559)	0	2,644	0	0	(35)	675	2,051	640	1,452
Restructuring and plant conversion expenses	(2,329)	(487)	(929)	(241)	(4,667)	(2,721)	(3,058)	(12,302)	(3,986)	(22,748)	(14,564)
Contract exit costs	(1,187)	(10,110)	(12,708)	0					(24,005)
Asset impairment charges	$ (28,468)	$ (4)	$ 0	$ 0	$ (1,781)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	(28,472)	(1,781)
Income from Operations									433,775	487,612	556,336
Reportable Segment
Segment Reporting Reconciling Item For Operating Profit Loss From Segment To Consolidated [Line Items]
EBITA									746,188	720,459	692,698
Domestic and Canada RCS
Segment Reporting Reconciling Item For Operating Profit Loss From Segment To Consolidated [Line Items]
EBITA									688,161	631,395	594,204
Amortization expenses									(95,640)	(22,714)	(12,728)
Domestic and Canada RCS \| Reportable Segment
Segment Reporting Reconciling Item For Operating Profit Loss From Segment To Consolidated [Line Items]
EBITA									688,161	631,395	594,204
International Regulated and Compliance Services
Segment Reporting Reconciling Item For Operating Profit Loss From Segment To Consolidated [Line Items]
EBITA									58,027	89,064	98,494
Amortization expenses									(25,730)	(14,926)	(13,298)
International Regulated and Compliance Services \| Reportable Segment
Segment Reporting Reconciling Item For Operating Profit Loss From Segment To Consolidated [Line Items]
EBITA									58,027	89,064	98,494
All Other Segments
Segment Reporting Reconciling Item For Operating Profit Loss From Segment To Consolidated [Line Items]
EBITA									(18,564)	(12,982)	(44,683)
Amortization expenses									$ (7,930)	$ (7,858)	$ (6,666)