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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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Gross amount of debt extinguished.

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Indebtedness - Early Extinguishment of Debt - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayment of notes by early cash tender premium amount	$ 15,100
Early cash tender offer period	10 days
Gain (Loss) on early extinguishment of debt		$ 8,991		$ 0	$ 21,914	$ 0
5.75% Senior Notes Due 2021 and 5.875% Senior Notes Due 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash tender principal amount	$ 500,000
Gain (Loss) on early extinguishment of debt			$ (17,500)
5.00% Senior Notes Due 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of debt, principal amount		$ 1,800	$ 48,500
Interest rate on notes		5.00%	5.00%		5.00%		5.00%
5.875% Senior Notes Due 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of debt, principal amount			$ 5,800
Interest rate on notes	5.875%	5.875%	5.875%		5.875%		5.875%
5.00% Senior Notes Due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of debt, principal amount		$ 30,200	$ 56,600
Interest rate on notes		5.00%	5.00%		5.00%		5.00%
5.00% Senior Notes Due 2022, 5.875% Senior Notes Due 2022 and 5.00% Senior Notes Due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Gain (Loss) on early extinguishment of debt		$ 9,000	$ 30,400
5.75% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Gain (Loss) on early extinguishment of debt		0
Extinguishment of debt, principal amount		$ 349,000,000
Interest rate on notes		5.75%			5.75%		5.75%
5.75% Senior Notes Due 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Gain (Loss) on early extinguishment of debt		$ 0
Extinguishment of debt, principal amount		$ 12,500
Interest rate on notes	5.75%	5.75%			5.75%		5.75%
5.87% Senior Notes Due 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of debt, principal amount		$ 2,200
Interest rate on notes		5.87%			5.87%