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Share-based Compensation Arrangement By Share-based Payment Award, Average Company Stock Price, Measurement Period

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Amount of cash paid to settle liability for award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (d)(2)
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Fair value of share-based awards for which the grantee gained the right by satisfying service and performance requirements, to receive or retain shares or units, other instruments, or cash.

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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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Equity-Based Compensation (Equity Based Awards - Settled in Cash) (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Accrued equity based compensation	$ 28,700,000		$ 28,000,000.0
Non Current Liabilities
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Accrued equity based compensation	12,200,000		$ 13,200,000
Management Stock Purchase Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based liabilities paid (in thousands)	$ 4,433,000	$ 4,933,000
Management Stock Purchase Plan \| Restricted stock units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Average company stock price measurement period	200 days
Restricted stock units credited (in shares)	$ 52,411	$ 51,608