Employee deferrals vested percentage.

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- Definition

Non qualified deferred compensation plan eligible participants deferral percentage of base salary.

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- Definition

Non qualified deferred compensation plan eligible participants deferral percentage of other compensation.

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- Definition

Amount of contributions made by employer into fund established for purposes of making future disbursement to individual in accordance with deferred compensation arrangement.

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- Definition

Amount of contribution received by defined benefit plan from employer which increases plan assets.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
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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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Employee Benefit Plans - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Employee deferrals deemed vested percentage upon contribution			100.00%
Company's contributions to the plan	$ 600	$ 400	$ 1,300	$ 800
Company's expected contributions to the plan	$ 3
Maximum
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Deferral percentage of base salary (up to)			80.00%
Deferral percentage of other compensation (up to)			100.00%