Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information (Details)		12 Months Ended
Feb. 03, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]
Adjusted EBITDA Volatility	29.00%	26.00%
WACC	10.00%	8.75%
20-year risk free rate	2.82%	2.58%
Market price of risk	6.93%	5.99%
Cost of debt	4.16%	4.08%

Fair Value Assumptions, Cost of Debt

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Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Volatility Rate-Adjusted EBITDA

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Fair Value Assumptions, Market Price of Risk

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Risk-free interest rate assumption used in valuing an instrument.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (bbb)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19207-110258

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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