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Debt Instrument, Additional Interest on Variable Rate

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Debt Instrument, Covenant Violation Description

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Percentage of net cash flow restricted by covenant violation

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Debt Service Coverage Ratio

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Threshold at which certain debt service coverage ratio events begin to trigger.

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Line of Credit Facility, Increase (Decrease) in Borrowing Capacity Through the Period

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Amount of amortization expense attributable to debt issuance costs.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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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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Amount of the required periodic payments applied to principal.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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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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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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Indebtedness divided by net capital.

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The cash outflow for debt initially having maturity due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Details)			1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Details)	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($) quarter	Sep. 30, 2021	Oct. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of long-term debt					$ 0	$ 0	$ 1,264,086,000
Series 2014-1 Class A-2 4.227% Fixed Rate Senior Secured Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior note interest rate	4.277%	4.277%			4.227%
Quarterly principal payment					$ 3,250,000
Number of quarters used in leverage ratio calculation \| quarter		4
Deferred finance costs	$ 24,300,000	$ 24,300,000
Amortization of financing costs					$ 3,200,000	$ 3,100,000	$ 700,000
Ratio of indebtedness to net capital					4.62
Debt service coverage ratio					5.12
Series 2014-1 Class A-2 4.227% Fixed Rate Senior Secured Notes \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Ratio of indebtedness to net capital					5.25
Series 2014-1 Class A-2 4.227% Fixed Rate Senior Secured Notes \| Forecast
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Additional interest on fixed rate			5.00%
Debt instrument, term			10 years
Series 2014-1 Class A-2 4.227% Fixed Rate Senior Secured Notes \| Forecast \| Ten Year United States Treasury Bill Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate			2.15%
Series 2014-1 Variable Funding Senior Notes Class A-1
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 100,000,000	100,000,000
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding					$ 0
Line of credit facility, increase (decrease) in borrowing capacity					$ 5,000,000
Series 2014-1 Variable Funding Senior Notes Class A-1 \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, commitment fee percentage					1.00%
Series 2014-1 Variable Funding Senior Notes Class A-1 \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, commitment fee percentage					0.50%
Series 2014-1 Variable Funding Senior Notes Class A-1 \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	2.50%
Series 2014-1 Variable Funding Senior Notes Class A-1 \| Federal Funds Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread component of base rate	0.50%
Series 2014-1 Variable Funding Senior Notes Class A-1 \| One Month LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread component of base rate	0.50%
Series 2014-1 Variable Funding Senior Notes Class A-1 \| Base Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	2.00%
Series 2014-1 Variable Funding Senior Notes Class A-1 \| Commercial Paper Funding Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	2.50%
Series 2014-1 Variable Funding Senior Notes Class A-1 \| Forecast
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Additional interest on variable rate				5.00%
Amended Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Quarterly principal payment		$ 463,600,000
First Trigger \| Series 2014-1 Class A-2 4.227% Fixed Rate Senior Secured Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt service coverage ratio, event trigger threshold					1.75
Debt instrument, restrictive covenant, restriction on net cash flow					50.00%
Second Trigger \| Series 2014-1 Class A-2 4.227% Fixed Rate Senior Secured Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt service coverage ratio, event trigger threshold					1.5
Debt instrument, restrictive covenant, restriction on net cash flow					100.00%
Third Trigger \| Series 2014-1 Class A-2 4.227% Fixed Rate Senior Secured Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt service coverage ratio, event trigger threshold					1.3
Debt instrument, covenant violation description					Rapid Amortization
Fourth Trigger \| Series 2014-1 Class A-2 4.227% Fixed Rate Senior Secured Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt service coverage ratio, event trigger threshold					1.2
Debt instrument, covenant violation description					Manager Termination
Fifth Trigger \| Series 2014-1 Class A-2 4.227% Fixed Rate Senior Secured Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt service coverage ratio, event trigger threshold					1.1
Debt instrument, covenant violation description					Default