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Long-Term Debt - Schedule of Long-Term Debt (Parenthetical) (Detail)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt average term	8 years 8 months 12 days
Total debt average rate	5.20%
Senior Secured Asset-Based Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Effective interest rate	3.30%
Senior Secured Term Loan Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Effective interest rate	3.50%
Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Effective interest rate	5.10%
Other Senior Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Effective interest rate	5.50%
Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Effective interest rate	6.30%

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 470
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
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