Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award, Compensation Cost Recognition Period

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Shares Awarded As a Percentage of Granted

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Target Award Shares, Percent

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Estimated period over which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the equity-based payment award, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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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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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Share-based Compensation (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2016
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation cost recognition period	3 years
Performance shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award requisite service period	3 years	1 year
Shares awarded as a percentage of granted	100.00%		200.00%
Performance Share Units with Total Shareholder Return Conditions
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
Performance Restricted Share Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award requisite service period	3 years
Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
Expiration period	10 years
Minimum \| Performance shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award requisite service period	1 year
Shares awarded as a percentage of granted	0.00%
Target award shares percent	50.00%
Minimum \| Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
Maximum \| Performance shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award requisite service period	3 years
Shares awarded as a percentage of granted	200.00%
Target award shares percent	80.00%
Maximum \| Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	5 years