The annual cash interest payments from cross currency swap agreements.

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Net fair value of all derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedging instruments, which is ordinarily reflected within other comprehensive income.

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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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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payment on derivative.

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Fair value portion of liability contracts related to the exchange of different currencies, including, but not limited to, foreign currency options, forward (delivery or nondelivery) contracts, and swaps entered into.

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Derivatives - Additional Information (Detail)	1 Months Ended
Derivatives - Additional Information (Detail)	Aug. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2019 GBP (£)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2019 GBP (£)	May 31, 2016 USD ($)	May 31, 2016 GBP (£)
Derivative [Line Items]
Cross currency swap liabilities			$ (9,000,000.0)	$ (68,900,000)
Cross Currency Swap Assets [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount	$ 650,000,000.0				£ 538,100,000	$ 650,000,000.0	£ 449,300,000
Terminated cross currency swap derivatives	105,000,000.0
Cross currency swap agreement cash flow due to interest payment	$ 35,800,000	£ 25,400,000