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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 ($)	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Jan. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Aug. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayment of notes by early cash tender premium amount	$ 5,300,000	$ 15,100,000	$ 5,300,000				$ 5,300,000
Early cash tender offer period	10 days	10 days
Gain (Loss) on early extinguishment of debt			(7,821,000)			$ 2,985,000	$ 14,093,000	$ 2,985,000
5.75% Senior Notes Due 2021 and 5.0% senior notes due 2022 and 5.875% Senior Notes Due 2022 and 5.75% senior subordinated notes due 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash tender principal amount	$ 500,000.0
Gain (Loss) on early extinguishment of debt			8,000,000.0
5.75% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of debt, principal amount			$ 760,000,000,000	$ 349,000,000,000
Interest rate on notes	5.75%		5.75%	5.75%			5.75%			5.75%
5.00% Senior Notes Due 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of debt, principal amount			$ 1,000,000.0
Interest rate on notes	5.00%		5.00%				5.00%
5.875% Senior Notes Due 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of debt, principal amount			$ 66,000	$ 2,200,000	$ 5,800,000
Interest rate on notes	5.875%	5.875%	5.875%	5.875%	5.875%		5.875%			5.875%
5.00% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of debt, principal amount			$ 1,000,000.0
Interest rate on notes	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			$ 200,000	$ 9,000,000.0	$ 30,400,000
5.75% Senior Notes Due 2021 and 5.875% Senior Notes Due 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash tender principal amount		$ 500,000,000.0
Gain (Loss) on early extinguishment of debt					(17,500,000)
5.00% Senior Notes Due 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of debt, principal amount				$ 1,800,000	$ 48,500,000
Interest rate on notes	5.00%		5.00%	5.00%	5.00%		5.00%			5.00%
5.00% Senior Notes Due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of debt, principal amount				$ 30,200,000	$ 56,600,000
Interest rate on notes	5.00%		5.00%	5.00%	5.00%		5.00%			5.00%
5.75% Senior Notes Due 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of debt, principal amount				$ 12,500,000
Interest rate on notes	5.75%	5.75%	5.75%	5.75%			5.75%		5.75%	5.75%