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Debt Instrument, Percentage Of Repurchase Price To Principal Amount If Company Defaults

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Debt Instrument, Percentage Of Repurchase Price To Principal Amount If Company Undergoes Fundamental Change

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Debt Instrument, Principal Amount Used For Conversion

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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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The number of shares issued in exchange for the original debt being converted in a noncash (or part noncash) transaction. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or payments in the period.

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The price per share of the conversion feature embedded in the debt instrument.

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Ratio applied to the conversion of debt instrument into equity with equity shares divided by debt principal amount.

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The amount by which the convertible debt's if-converted value exceeds its principle amount at the balance sheet date, regardless of whether the instrument is currently convertible. This element applies to public companies only.

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

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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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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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Debt - Convertible Senior Notes Narrative (Details)			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Debt - Convertible Senior Notes Narrative (Details)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares	Jul. 01, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amortization of debt discounts					$ 4,077,000	$ 6,026,000
Share Price \| $ / shares	$ 27.99		$ 27.99		$ 27.99
Debt instrument, percentage of repurchase price to principal amount if company undergoes fundamental change	100.00%		100.00%		100.00%
Debt instrument, event of default minimum percentage of principal amount	25.00%		25.00%		25.00%
Debt instrument, percentage of repurchase price to principal amount if company defaults	100.00%		100.00%		100.00%
2019 Convertible Notes \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Convertible senior notes amount									$ 230,000,000
Coupon Rate									3.00%
Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Shares Issued \| shares		12,553,864
Debt instrument, convertible, conversion ratio		0.0545954
Debt Instrument, Principal Amount Used For Conversion		$ 1,000
Debt instrument, convertible conversion price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 18.32
Amortization of debt discounts						5,586,000
2022 Convertible Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Convertible, If-converted Value in Excess of Principal	$ 77,661,000
2022 Convertible Notes \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Convertible senior notes amount	$ 345,000,000		$ 345,000,000		$ 345,000,000		$ 345,000,000	$ 345,000,000
Coupon Rate	3.50%		3.50%		3.50%			3.50%
Debt instrument, convertible, conversion ratio					0.0437694
Debt Instrument, Principal Amount Used For Conversion	$ 1,000		$ 1,000		$ 1,000
Debt instrument, convertible conversion price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 22.85		$ 22.85		$ 22.85
Amortization of debt discounts			$ 4,311,000	$ 4,247,000	$ 12,869,000	$ 12,681,000