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Debt Instrument, Overdraft Fee, Percent

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Line of Credit Facility, Increase To Maximum Borrowing Capacity

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

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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

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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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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 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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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for the line of credit facility regardless of whether the facility has been used.

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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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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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Amount, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Write-off of amounts previously capitalized as debt issuance cost in an extinguishment of debt.

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Long-Term Debt - Credit Facilities, Mortgage Notes, and Finance Leases and Other Financing Arrangements (Details) kr in Millions	1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Jun. 29, 2019	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2007	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 AUD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 DKK (kr)	Jun. 30, 2019 AUD ($)	Jan. 31, 2019 EUR (€)	Feb. 28, 2018 AUD ($)
Debt Instrument
Debt instrument face amount		$ 800,000,000.0				$ 800,000,000.0
Write-off of deferred debt issuance cost						$ 6,097,000
Long-term Debt				$ 1,517,372,000	$ 1,477,892,000
Secured Debt
Debt Instrument
Debt instrument, term, years			30 years
Long-term debt				28,200,000	30,375,000			kr 187.8
Notes payable \| Finance leases and other financing arrangements
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt				$ 108,613,000	98,914,000
Notes payable \| Finance leases and other financing arrangements \| ASU 2016-02
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt					24,500,000
Installment notes for stock
Debt Instrument
Debt instrument, term, years				10 years
Long-term debt				$ 205,000	962,000
Revolving credit facilities
Debt Instrument
Borrowing availability				$ 328,500,000
Revolving credit facilities \| Australia senior secured credit facility
Debt Instrument
Borrowing availability											$ 15,000,000.0
Overdraft fee, percentage				1.00%			1.00%	1.00%
Line fee, percentage				1.15%
Revolving credit facilities \| Euro revolving facility
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity \| €										€ 39,000,000
Revolving credit facilities \| Line of credit
Debt Instrument
Interest rate floor, percent		0.00%				0.00%
Long-term debt				$ 0	85,000,000
Revolving credit facilities \| Line of credit \| ABL Facility
Debt Instrument
Debt instrument face amount		$ 300,000,000				$ 300,000,000
Interest rate floor, percent		0.00%				0.00%
Unused commitment fee, percent				0.25%
Write-off of deferred debt issuance cost		$ 200,000
Increase to maximum borrowing capacity					100,000,000
Maximum borrowing capacity					$ 400,000,000
Line of credit outstanding				$ 35,500,000
Borrowing availability				313,100,000
Revolving credit facilities \| Electronic payaway facility \| Australia senior secured credit facility
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity											7,000,000.0
Revolving credit facilities \| Asset finance facility \| Australia senior secured credit facility
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity											2,500,000
Revolving credit facilities \| Commercial credit card facility \| Australia senior secured credit facility
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity											1,000,000.0
Revolving credit facilities \| Overdraft \| Australia senior secured credit facility
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity											5,000,000.0
Interchangeable facility \| Line of credit \| Australia senior secured credit facility
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity									$ 35,000,000.0		$ 12,000,000.0
Borrowing availability				$ 15,400,000			$ 21,900,000
Line fee, percentage	0.50%				1.15%
BBSY \| Interchangeable facility \| Line of credit \| Australia senior secured credit facility
Debt Instrument
Debt instrument, variable rate, percent	1.10%				0.75%
Minimum \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Revolving credit facilities \| Line of credit
Debt Instrument
Debt instrument, variable rate, percent		1.50%
Minimum \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Revolving credit facilities \| Line of credit \| ABL Facility
Debt Instrument
Debt instrument, variable rate, percent		1.25%
Maximum \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Revolving credit facilities \| Line of credit
Debt Instrument
Debt instrument, variable rate, percent		2.00%
Maximum \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Revolving credit facilities \| Line of credit \| ABL Facility
Debt Instrument
Debt instrument, variable rate, percent		1.75%