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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- Definition

The amount of estimated penalties accrued as of the balance sheet date arising from income tax examinations.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 15
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84230637&loc=d3e32718-109319

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- Definition

Minimum amount of purchase arrangement in which the entity has agreed to expend funds to procure goods or services from a supplier.

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- Definition

Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Deferred Consideration

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Commitment and Contingencies (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Feb. 01, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Non-cancelable purchase obligations with a term of 12 months or longer		$ 10.4
Liability for taxes owed and related penalties and interest		$ 2.1	$ 2.1
Pre-Acquisition ZI \| Forecast
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Deferred consideration	$ 10.0