Debt Instrument, Covenant, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Minimum

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Leverage Ratio, Maximum

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Long Term Debt, Weighted Average Maturity

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Number of Series

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Fair value portion of debt instrument payable, including, but not limited to, notes payable and loans payable.

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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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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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Weighted average interest rate of debt outstanding.

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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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Including the current and noncurrent portions, carrying value as of the balance sheet date of Notes with the highest claim on the assets of the issuer in case of bankruptcy or liquidation (with maturities initially due after one year or beyond the operating cycle if longer). Senior note holders are paid off in full before any payments are made to junior note holders.

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Senior Notes (Detail)	Dec. 06, 2019 USD ($)	May 08, 2018 USD ($)	Jul. 14, 2010 USD ($) Contract	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes, weighted average interest rate				2.90%
Carrying value of Senior Notes				$ 835,000,000	$ 485,000,000
Fair value of Senior Notes				881,829,000	514,121,000
Debt issuance costs				11,700,000	5,200,000
July 2010 Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes issued in a private placement to a group of institutional investors			$ 245,000,000
Number of series of Senior Notes issued \| Contract			4
Senior Notes, weighted average interest rate			5.60%
Senior Notes, weighted average maturity (in years)			10 years
Net debt to EBITDA ratio maximum			3.00
Fixed charge coverage ratio minimum			2.50
Carrying value of Senior Notes				85,000,000	85,000,000
Fair value of Senior Notes				85,892,000	86,121,000
July 2010 Senior Notes \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes, maturity (in years)			6 years
July 2010 Senior Notes \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes, maturity (in years)			10 years
May 2018 Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes issued in a private placement to a group of institutional investors		$ 400,000,000
Carrying value of Senior Notes				400,000,000	400,000,000
Fair value of Senior Notes				442,000,000	428,000,000
Debt instrument, maturity date		May 15, 2026
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage		5.25%
Senior Notes December Six [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes issued in a private placement to a group of institutional investors	$ 350,000,000
Carrying value of Senior Notes				350,000,000	0
Fair value of Senior Notes				$ 353,937,000	$ 0
Debt instrument, maturity date	Jun. 15, 2028
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	4.00%