Debt Instrument, Applicable Margin

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Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity, Option

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Amount of standby letter of credit outstanding under the revolving credit agreement.

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- Definition

Maximum Ratio of Total Liability to Net Worth Required for Compliance

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Ratio of Total Liability to Net Worth

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Weighted average interest rate of debt outstanding.

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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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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for the line of credit facility regardless of whether the facility has been used.

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Amount of current borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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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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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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Revolving Credit Facility (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Revolving Credit Facility (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021	Feb. 28, 2022	Jan. 18, 2022	Nov. 24, 2021	Nov. 23, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Oct. 24, 2019
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Borrowings outstanding under revolving credit facility	$ 40,000,000					$ 0
Ratio of total liability to net worth	0.42
Maximum ratio of total liability to net worth for compliance	3
Subsequent Event
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Standby letter of credit			$ 820,000
Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowings	$ 100,000,000				$ 30,000,000		$ 23,000,000
Option to increase maximum borrowing capacity	200,000,000
Standby letter of credit	1,800,000
Borrowings available under the revolving credit facility	$ 58,200,000
Weighted average interest rate	1.30%					2.60%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Subsequent Event
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Borrowings available under the revolving credit facility		$ 55,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| Base Rate
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Stated percentage	0.50%
Revolving Credit Facility \| SOFR
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Stated percentage	1.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| LIBOR
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Stated percentage				2.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Applicable margin	1.25%
Commitment fee percentage	0.10%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Applicable margin	1.75%
Commitment fee percentage	0.20%
Letter of Credit \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Commitment fee percentage	1.25%
Letter of Credit \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Commitment fee percentage	1.75%