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Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Price, Effective After Hedging Transactions

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Derivative, Price Risk Option Strike Price Per Share

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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The price per share of the conversion feature embedded in the debt instrument.

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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 premium (cost) of a hedge, expensed during the period.

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The cash inflow from issuance of rights to purchase common shares at predetermined price (usually issued together with corporate debt).

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INDEBTEDNESS - Convertible Bond Hedge and Warrant Transactions (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands, shares in Millions		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 06, 2017	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	May 25, 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of warrants		$ 0	$ 112,125	$ 57,244
Convertible Debt \| 2023 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Conversion price of convertible debt (in USD per share)		$ 77.85			$ 77.85
Conversion price of convertible debt after effect of warrants and note hedge (in USD per share)		$ 109.26
Convertible Debt \| 2022 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Conversion price of convertible debt (in USD per share)	$ 22.95
Conversion price of convertible debt after effect of warrants and note hedge (in USD per share)	$ 31.18
Common Stock Warrants
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Warrants to purchase aggregate shares of capital stock (in shares)	19.2	11.1
Warrants, weighted average exercise price (in USD per share)	$ 31.18	$ 109.26
Proceeds from issuance of warrants	$ 57,200	$ 112,100
Shares received upon exercise of convertible notes (in shares)			7.2
Common Stock Warrants \| 2022 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Shares received upon exercise of convertible notes (in shares)		0.3	6.9
Options
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Warrants to purchase aggregate shares of capital stock (in shares)		11.1
Convertible note hedge, option to purchase common stock, price (in USD per share)	$ 22.95	$ 77.85
Cost of convertible note hedge	$ 92,100	$ 172,600