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Number of Franchise Rights Sold During Period

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Number of Stores Sold During Period

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Restructuring and Related Cost, Number of Store Closures

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Retirement Benefits Expense

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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

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-Topic 805

-SubTopic 10

-Section 25

-Paragraph 23

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Amount of gain (loss) recognized in settlement of litigation and insurance claims. Excludes claims within an insurance entity's normal claims settlement process.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

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-Topic 450

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

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The number of businesses acquired by the entity during the period.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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The aggregate amount provided for estimated restructuring charges, remediation costs, and asset impairment loss during an accounting period. Generally, these items are either unusual or infrequent, but not both (in which case they would be extraordinary items).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.3)

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Segments - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended
Segments - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014 store	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014 store Segment	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Apr. 14, 2014 retail_location	Jan. 31, 2014 store right
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of operating segments				5us-gaap_NumberOfOperatingSegments
Retirement and vacation charges	$ 9,100,000aan_RetirementBenefitsExpense	$ 4,900,000aan_RetirementBenefitsExpense		$ 9,094,000aan_RetirementBenefitsExpense	$ 4,917,000aan_RetirementBenefitsExpense	$ 10,394,000aan_RetirementBenefitsExpense
Reversal of lawsuit accrual	13,400,000	15,000,000		1,200,000	(28,400,000)	35,500,000
Restructuring Expenses	6,900,000			9,140,000	0	0
Progressive-related transaction costs	371,000	5,500,000	803,000	6,638,000	0	0
Number of store closures		44		44
Financial advisory and legal costs	385,000aan_FinancialAdvisoryandLegalExpenses	12,400,000aan_FinancialAdvisoryandLegalExpenses	872,000aan_FinancialAdvisoryandLegalExpenses	13,661,000aan_FinancialAdvisoryandLegalExpenses	0aan_FinancialAdvisoryandLegalExpenses	0aan_FinancialAdvisoryandLegalExpenses
Progressive Finance Holdings, LLC
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of retail locations (over 15,000)							15,000
Progressive-related transaction costs				6,600,000
RIMCO
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of stores sold during period								27
Number of franchise rights sold during period								5
Sales and Lease Ownership
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Restructuring Expenses				4,800,000
Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Restructuring Expenses				4,300,000
Progressive-related transaction costs				6,600,000
Financial advisory and legal costs				$ 13,700,000