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Significant accounting policies.

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Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of government assistance recognized.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Products sold that qualify for commission time period	12 months
Advertising expense	$ 102,962,000	$ 52,480,000	$ 27,661,000
Government Assistance, Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration]		Operating Expenses	Operating Expenses
Government assistance, amount	$ 0	$ 463,000	$ 2,265,000
Buildings
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Intangible assets useful life	50 years
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) \| Tranche One
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Award vesting period	1 year
Employee Stock Option
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Award vesting period	6 years
Minimum
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Loan receivable, average repayment period	7 months
Amortization period	3 years
Intangible assets useful life	3 years
Minimum \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Award vesting period	3 years
Minimum \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) \| Tranche One
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Share-based payment award, vesting percentage	25.00%
Minimum \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) \| Tranche Two
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Award vesting period	3 years
Maximum
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Loan receivable, average repayment period	10 months
Amortization period	5 years
Intangible assets useful life	10 years
Maximum \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Award vesting period	4 years
Maximum \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) \| Tranche One
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Award vesting period	1 year
Share-based payment award, vesting percentage	33.00%
Maximum \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) \| Tranche Two
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Award vesting period	4 years
Product Concentration Risk \| Revenue, Product and Service \| Commissions and Service Fees
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	85.00%	83.00%	77.00%
Product Concentration Risk \| Revenue, Product and Service \| Incentive Fees
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	7.00%	9.00%	13.00%
Product Concentration Risk \| Revenue, Product and Service \| Advertising Revenue
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	3.00%	3.00%	4.00%
Product Concentration Risk \| Revenue, Product and Service \| Destination services
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	3.00%	3.00%	3.00%
Product Concentration Risk \| Revenue, Product and Service \| PrePayModel Customer
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	86.00%	84.00%	78.00%