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Debt instrument interest rate adjustable based on pricing grid percentage.

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Debt Instrument variable interest rate.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Debt - British Pound Sterling Term Loan - Additional Information (Detail)	Mar. 04, 2020	Jan. 06, 2020 GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2020	Feb. 01, 2017 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity \| $				$ 500,000,000
Term Loan [Member] \| Bank of America, N.A \| British Pound Sterling [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity \| £		£ 700,000,000
Debt instrument maturity date		Jan. 15, 2025
Debt instrument effective date	Mar. 06, 2020
Effective interest rate	0.70%
Senior unsecured notes, interest rate			1.95%
Term Loan [Member] \| Bank of America, N.A \| British Pound Sterling [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin adjustable based on pricing grid, percentage		0.85%
Term Loan [Member] \| Bank of America, N.A \| British Pound Sterling [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin adjustable based on pricing grid, percentage		1.65%
Term Loan [Member] \| Bank of America, N.A \| Credit Rating \| British Pound Sterling [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable interest rate			1.25%