Debt Instrument Contractual Facility Borrowing Capacity

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Debt Instrument Decreased Consolidated Leverage Ratio

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Debt Instrument, Minimum Period Subjected To Repayment Of Borrowings

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Line Of Credit Extension Period

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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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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Borrowings (Bank Of America Credit Facility) (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands						12 Months Ended
	Aug. 07, 2020	Mar. 06, 2020	Aug. 08, 2019	Mar. 05, 2019	Mar. 03, 2016	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Contractual facility						$ 300,449	$ 283,138
Bank Of America Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Contractual facility		$ 55,000			$ 55,000	$ 55,000	$ 55,000
Reduced leverage ratio					0.25%
Earliest period subjected to repayment of borrowings					18 months
Maturity date		Mar. 06, 2023	Sep. 01, 2020	May 01, 2020		Mar. 06, 2023	Mar. 06, 2023
Extension period			4 months	6 months
Bank Of America Credit Facility [Member] \| Eurodollar [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Spread over LIBOR	3.00%
Bank Of America Credit Facility [Member] \| Floor Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Spread over LIBOR	1.00%
Minimum [Member] \| Bank Of America Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate		2.50%
Maximum [Member] \| Bank Of America Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate		3.00%