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Amount of discretionary contributions made by an employer to a defined contribution plan.

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Maximum amount the employee may contribute to a defined contribution plan.

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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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The maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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Purchase price of common stock expressed as a percentage of its fair value.

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Benefit Plans (Details) - USD ($)		12 Months Ended
Benefit Plans (Details) - USD ($)	Oct. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
401 (K) Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Employee contribution, statutory limitation		$ 18,000	$ 18,000
Contributions by employer		$ 0	0	$ 0
Employee stock purchase plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Purchase price of stock as a percentage of fair market value	85.00%
Maximum value of shares that can be purchased	$ 25,000
Shares reserved for future issuance (up to) (in shares)		645,814
Aerie Ireland Limited \| 401 (K) Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Contributions by employer		$ 25,000	$ 0