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Maximum principal amount of the securitization notes outstanding.

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Unsecured consumer loans.

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Amount of noncash expense included in interest expense to amortize debt discount and premium associated with the related debt instruments. Excludes amortization of financing costs. Alternate captions include noncash interest expense.

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Amount of noncash expense included in interest expense to issue debt and obtain financing associated with the related debt instruments. Alternate captions include noncash interest expense.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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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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Date the debt instrument was issued, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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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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Earliest date the outstanding debt instruments are required to be repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The amount of debt discount that was originally recognized at the issuance of the instrument that has yet to be amortized.

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Amount of debt issuance costs (for example, but not limited to, legal, accounting, broker, and regulatory fees).

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Amount of the cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest expense for debt.

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Date the credit facility terminates, 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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Weighted average interest rate of long-term debt outstanding.

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date, including the current and noncurrent portions, of collateralized debt obligations (with maturities initially due after one year or beyond the operating cycle, if longer). Such obligations include mortgage loans, chattel loans, and any other borrowings secured by assets of the borrower.

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The remaining balance of debt issuance expenses that were capitalized and are being amortized against income over the lives of the respective bond issues. This does not include the amounts capitalized as part of the cost of the utility plant or asset.

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Long-term Debt - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended
	Jan. 15, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Jan. 04, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 29, 2015	May. 30, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate availability of variable funding notes	$ 20,000,000
Maximum principal amount of securitization notes outstanding	$ 175,000,000
Unamortized debt issuance cost			$ 12,900,000		$ 11,400,000
Revolving Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving line of credit					58,400,000
2016-1 Securitization Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Securitization notes final maturity date	Oct. 15, 2020
Securitization Notes issued pursuant to an indenture, date	Jan. 15, 2016
Date at Issuer not permitted to prepay or redeem any outstanding securitization notes prior	Oct. 17, 2016
Carrying amount of senior notes		$ 110,200,000
Unamortized debt issuance cost		3,700,000
Interest expense recognized		3,100,000
Non-cash amortization of debt issuance costs		$ 1,000,000
Debt issuance cost, amortization period		4 years
2016-1 Securitization Facility \| Agent's Base Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Securitization notes interest rate	1.00%
2016-1 Securitization Facility \| Prime Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Securitization notes interest rate	7.75%
2016-1 Securitization Facility \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Securitization notes initial interest rate	8.75%
Revolving Credit Facility Due 2017 \| Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility \| Jefferies Group, LLC
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issuance cost, amortization period		37 months
Maximum borrowing capacity						$ 75,000,000
Voluntary commitment reductions to revolving facility	$ 40,000,000
Line of Credit Facility Increase						15,000,000
Revolving line of credit		$ 0	0		58,400,000
Debt issuance cost		1,600,000
Revolving Credit Facility Due 2017 \| Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility \| Scenario One \| Jefferies Group, LLC
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility Increase						$ 5,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility Due 2017 \| Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility \| Scenario Two \| Jefferies Group, LLC
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility Increase				$ 10,000,000
$500.0 Million 9.75% Senior Unsecured Notes Due 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unamortized debt issuance cost		10,800,000	12,900,000
Interest expense recognized		12,900,000	12,900,000
Non-cash amortization of debt issuance costs		$ 500,000	500,000
Debt issuance cost, amortization period		7 years
Carrying amount of senior notes		$ 484,200,000	481,400,000
Debt instrument unamortized discount		5,000,000	$ 5,700,000
Non-cash amortization discount		$ 200,000
Weighted average interest rates		10.81%	10.71%
Initial Term Note
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount	107,400,000
Unsecured consumer loans	$ 134,000,000
Enova Standby And Letter Of Credit \| Revolving Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings outstanding under credit agreement		$ 6,600,000	$ 6,600,000		$ 6,600,000
$500.0 Million 9.75% Senior Unsecured Notes Due 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount							$ 500,000,000
Securitization notes interest rate							9.75%
Securitization notes initial interest rate							10.00%
Credit agreement, maturity date		Jun. 01, 2021