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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 (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 29, 2017	Aug. 23, 2017	Aug. 14, 2017	Jul. 20, 2017	Jul. 13, 2017	Jun. 20, 2017	Jun. 16, 2017	Jun. 15, 2017	Apr. 07, 2017	Mar. 13, 2017	Mar. 10, 2017	Mar. 09, 2017	Feb. 24, 2017	Jan. 31, 2017	Jan. 25, 2017	Jan. 20, 2017
Debt
Restricted cash	$ 94,140	$ 50,294
Debt, Unamortized Deferred Financing Costs	(40,636)	(19,999)
Adjustment to Purchase Price of Debt	(27,516)	(42,216)
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations, net of deferred financing costs	6,911,725	6,353,449
Debt outstanding on facilities with fixed interest rates	$ 4,277,500
Debt Instrument Interest Rate During Period Fixed Rate Debt	4.28%
Long Term Debt, Percentage Bearing Fixed Interest Rate Remaining Term	4 years 3 months
Debt outstanding on facilities with interest rates based on floating rate indices	$ 2,702,400
Debt Instrument Interest Rate During Period Variable Rate Debt	3.53%
Long Term Debt, Percentage Bearing Variable Interest Rate Remaining Term	3 years
Net Notional Amount of Interest Rate Swaps															$ 400,000
Percentage of Debt Hedged by Interest Rate Derivatives	86.20%
Debt Instrument Interest Rate During Period Fixed Rate and Interest Swap Rate Debt	4.35%
Hedged Portion of Debt Average Remaining Maturity	4 years
Debt maturities (excluding capital lease obligations)
2018	$ 715,385
2019	1,166,760
2020	998,683
2021	840,283
2022	1,465,378
2023 and thereafter	1,689,979
Total	6,876,468
Future lease payments under these capital leases
2018	31,954
2019	11,210
2020	10,766
2021	10,766
2022	10,766
2023 and thereafter	42,658
Total future payments	118,120
Less: amount representing interest	(14,711)
Capital lease obligations	103,409
Write-off of debt costs	$ 6,973	141	$ 1,170
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate During Period	4.03%
Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Debt
Net Notional Amount of Interest Rate Swaps	$ 1,740,800
Interest Rate Swaps Average Remaining Maturity	3 years 3 months
Interest Rate Swaps Derivative Average Fixed Pay Interest Rate	1.70%
Term Notes [Member]
Debt
Debt, net of unamortized debt costs	3.50%
Institutional Notes [Domain]
Debt
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	$ 2,381,000	2,233,874						$ 250,000
Debt, net of unamortized debt costs	4.77%
Asset-backed securitization term notes
Debt
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	$ 2,378,470	1,384,235			$ 450,000						$ 319,000	$ 281,000
Debt, net of unamortized debt costs	3.62%
Term loan facilities
Debt
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	$ 1,701,998	1,332,030
Asset-backed warehouse facilities
Debt
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	110,000	660,000
Borrowing capacity	$ 600,000
Debt Instrument, Advance Rate Used in Calculating Borrowing Capacity	80.00%
Revolving credit facilities
Debt
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	$ 305,000	708,750
Debt, net of unamortized debt costs	3.67%
Borrowing capacity	$ 1,075,000
Debt Instrument, Advance Rate Used in Calculating Borrowing Capacity	83.00%
Capital lease obligations
Debt
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	$ 103,409	$ 96,775															$ 35,000
Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Debt
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	$ 6,018,300
Debt Instrument Interest Rate During Period Variable Rate Debt	3.64%
Minimum [Member]
Future lease payments under these capital leases
CapitalLeasePeriodOverWhichInterestExpenseRecognizedPrecedingEarlyPurchaseOption	3 years
Minimum [Member] \| Term Notes [Member]
Debt
Debt Instrument, Advance Rate Used in Calculating Borrowing Capacity	80.00%
Minimum [Member] \| Institutional Notes [Domain]
Debt
Debt Instrument, Advance Rate Used in Calculating Borrowing Capacity	83.00%
Minimum [Member] \| Asset-backed securitization term notes
Debt
Debt Instrument, Advance Rate Used in Calculating Borrowing Capacity	77.00%
Minimum [Member] \| Capital lease obligations
Debt
Debt, net of unamortized debt costs	3.26%
Maximum [Member]
Future lease payments under these capital leases
CapitalLeasePeriodOverWhichInterestExpenseRecognizedPrecedingEarlyPurchaseOption	10 years
Maximum [Member] \| Term Notes [Member]
Debt
Debt Instrument, Advance Rate Used in Calculating Borrowing Capacity	83.00%
Maximum [Member] \| Institutional Notes [Domain]
Debt
Debt Instrument, Advance Rate Used in Calculating Borrowing Capacity	85.00%
Maximum [Member] \| Asset-backed securitization term notes
Debt
Debt Instrument, Advance Rate Used in Calculating Borrowing Capacity	87.00%
Maximum [Member] \| Capital lease obligations
Debt
Debt, net of unamortized debt costs	4.93%
TAL Finance III [Member] \| Asset-backed securitization term notes
Debt
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations				$ 540,000
TAL III Warehouse Facility [Member] \| Term loan facilities
Debt
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations				750,000
TAL Finance III Warehouse Facility [Member] \| Term loan facilities
Debt
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations				$ 400,000
TCIL BofA Revolver [Domain] \| Revolving credit facilities
Debt
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations										$ 600,000
Term Loan Facility [Member] \| ABN [Domain] \| Term loan facilities
Debt
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations																			$ 50,000
Term Loan Facility [Member] \| DVB [Domain] \| Term loan facilities
Debt
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations													$ 25,000					$ 50,000
Term Loan Facility [Member] \| TCIL CB&T Term [Domain] \| Term loan facilities
Debt
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations																$ 19,000
Term Loan Facility [Member] \| TAL BoA Term [Domain] \| Term loan facilities
Debt
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations										260,000
Term Loan Facility [Member] \| ING [Domain] \| Term loan facilities
Debt
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations									$ 50,000
Term Loan Facility [Member] \| Combined TCF V Asset Backed Warehouse Facility [Member] \| Term loan facilities
Debt
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations														$ 400,000
Term Loan Facility [Member] \| First TCF V Asset Backed Warehouse Facility [Domain] \| Term loan facilities
Debt
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations														200,000
Term Loan Facility [Member] \| Second TCF V Asset Backed Warehouse Facility [Member] \| Term loan facilities
Debt
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations														$ 200,000
TCF III [Domain] \| Asset-backed securitization term notes
Debt
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations						$ 257,000
TCF II [Domain] \| Asset-backed securitization term notes
Debt
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations							$ 80,000
BofA [Member] \| Revolving credit facilities
Debt
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations										450,000
Restructured Amount [Domain] \| TCIL BofA Revolver [Domain] \| Revolving credit facilities
Debt
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations										$ 1,025,000
Contractual [Member] \| TAL Finance III [Member] \| Asset-backed securitization term notes
Debt
Debt, net of unamortized debt costs				2.15%
Contractual [Member] \| ABN [Domain] \| Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt
Debt, net of unamortized debt costs																			2.35%
Contractual [Member] \| DVB [Domain] \| Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt
Debt, net of unamortized debt costs													2.50%					2.50%
Contractual [Member] \| TCIL CB&T Term [Domain] \| Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt
Debt, net of unamortized debt costs																2.25%
Contractual [Member] \| TAL BoA Term [Domain] \| Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt
Debt, net of unamortized debt costs										2.25%
Contractual [Member] \| ING [Domain] \| Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt
Debt, net of unamortized debt costs									2.25%
Contractual [Member] \| First TCF V Asset Backed Warehouse Facility [Domain] \| Minimum [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt
Debt, net of unamortized debt costs														2.25%
Contractual [Member] \| First TCF V Asset Backed Warehouse Facility [Domain] \| Maximum [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt
Debt, net of unamortized debt costs														3.25%
Contractual [Member] \| TAL Finance III Warehouse Facility [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt
Debt, net of unamortized debt costs				1.85%
Contractual [Member] \| TAL Finance III Warehouse Facility [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt
Debt, net of unamortized debt costs				2.85%
Contractual [Member] \| TCIL BofA Revolver [Domain] \| Revolving credit facilities
Debt
Debt, net of unamortized debt costs									2.00%
Contractual [Member] \| Asset-backed securitization term notes
Debt
Debt, net of unamortized debt costs					3.66%						3.57%	4.50%
Contractual [Member] \| 4.35% A-1 Notes [Member] \| Institutional Notes [Domain]
Debt
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations								$ 105,000
Debt, net of unamortized debt costs								4.35%
Contractual [Member] \| 4.64% A-2 Notes [Member] \| Institutional Notes [Domain]
Debt
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations								$ 145,000
Debt, net of unamortized debt costs								4.64%