Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Liquidity Period

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Comparable Companies Used in Volatility Calculation

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Share Exchange Rate

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Amount of cost not yet recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Weighted-average period over which cost not yet recognized is expected to be recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Discount rate from fair value on purchase date that participants pay for shares.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Agreed-upon price for the exchange of the underlying asset relating to the share-based payment award.

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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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EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION - OCGH Unit Awards (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			21 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) company $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018
OCGH Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares) \| shares		150,000	150,000
Unrecognized compensation expense on non-vested equity-based awards \| $		$ 27.5	$ 27.5
Weighted average period of recognition non-vested equity-based awards			3 years 1 month 6 days
Estimated liquidity period (in years)	7 years			6 years 4 months 24 days		5 years 9 months 18 days
Number of comparable companies used in volatility calculation \| company			5
Discount percentage					17.50%		20.00%
Grant date, fair value per unit (in dollars per share)			$ 32.93
OCGH Units \| Class A Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share exchange rate		1	1
Converted Class A Units and Phantom Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Valuation assumptions, price per unit (in usd per share)		$ 49.00	$ 49.00