Line of Credit Facility, Accordion Feature, Increase Limit

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The per share amount of a dividend declared, but not paid, as of the financial reporting date.

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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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- Definition

Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details) - USD ($)	Aug. 03, 2023	Aug. 02, 2023	Aug. 01, 2023	Nov. 16, 2022	May 11, 2022	May 10, 2022	Aug. 09, 2021	Aug. 08, 2021
Credit Facility \| Line of Credit
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity				$ 400,000,000	$ 380,000,000	$ 335,000,000	$ 335,000,000	$ 340,000,000
Accordion feature increase limit				$ 20,000,000
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends (in usd per share)	$ 0.62
Subsequent Event \| Credit Facility \| Line of Credit
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 435,000,000	$ 400,000,000
Accordion feature increase limit		$ 750,000,000
Regular Dividends \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends (in usd per share)	0.56
Supplemental Dividends \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends (in usd per share)	$ 0.06