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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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Weighted average interest rate of debt outstanding.

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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payment on derivative.

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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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Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio

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Debt Instrument, Amortization Rate

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Line of Credit Facility, Accordion Feature, Increase Limit

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Line of Credit Facility, Accordion Feature, Increase Limit As A Percent Of Consolidated EBITDA

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Prepayment, Net Cash Proceeds Of Certain Asset Sales And Casualty And Condemnation Events And The Incurrence Of Certain Other Indebtedness, Percent

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Debt - Term Loan due 2027 (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 02, 2020	Jan. 01, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020
Interest Rate Swap
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Derivative, notional amount	$ 1,200,000,000.0		$ 1,200,000,000.0
Interest Rate Swap \| Forecast
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Derivative, notional amount		$ 1,000,000,000.0
Term Loan due 2027 \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	2,200,000,000.0
Line of credit facility, accordion feature, increase limit	$ 325,000,000.0
Line of credit facility, accordion feature, increase limit as a percent of consolidated EBITDA	60.00%
Debt covenant, maximum consolidated first lien net leverage ratio	375.00%
Debt covenant, maximum consolidated total net leverage ratio	525.00%
Term loan amortization rate	1.00%
Stated interest rate	1.00%
Weighted average borrowing rate			318.00%
Prepayment premium, percent	1.00%
Prepayment, percent of excess cash flow	50.00%
Prepayment, net cash proceeds of certain asset sales and casualty and condemnation events and the incurrence of certain other indebtedness, percent	100.00%
Term Loan due 2027 \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Fed Funds Effective Rate Overnight Index Swap Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.50%
Term Loan due 2027 \| Revolving Credit Facility \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.50%
Term Loan due 2027 \| Revolving Credit Facility \| One Month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.00%
Term Loan due 2027 \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Stated Percentage
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	2.00%
Term Loan due 2027 \| Revolving Credit Facility \| One-, Two-, Three- Or Six-Month LIBOR Or, If Agreed By All Term Lenders, 12-month LIBOR Or, If Agreed To By The Term Agent, Any Shorter Period Selected At The Option Of The Borrower
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	3.00%