CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 248,197	$ 287,852
Trade and other receivables, net	374,982	324,507
Inventories	157,939	153,573
Prepaid expenses and other assets	491,553	456,547
Derivative financial instruments	60,451	19,565
Total current assets	1,333,122	1,242,044
Property and equipment, net	23,641,251	23,466,163
Operating lease right-of-use assets	777,551
Goodwill	1,378,362	1,378,353
Other assets	1,589,763	1,611,710
Total assets	28,720,049	27,698,270
Current liabilities
Current portion of debt	1,646,324	1,646,841
Commercial paper	1,112,030	775,488
Current portion of operating lease liabilities	88,497
Accounts payable	497,180	488,212
Accrued interest	120,131	74,550
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	823,097	899,761
Derivative financial instruments	89,023	78,476
Customer deposits	3,729,661	3,148,837
Total current liabilities	8,105,943	7,112,165
Long-term debt	7,526,330	8,355,370
Long-term operating lease liabilities	708,371
Other long-term liabilities	560,690	583,254
Total liabilities	16,901,334	16,050,789
Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)
Redeemable noncontrolling interest	549,645	542,020
Shareholders’ equity
Preferred stock ($0.01 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized; none outstanding)	0	0
Common stock ($0.01 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; 236,380,544 and 235,847,683 shares issued, March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively)	2,364	2,358
Paid-in capital	3,432,419	3,420,900
Retained earnings	10,366,612	10,263,282
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(578,980)	(627,734)
Treasury stock (26,830,765 common shares at cost, at both March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018)	(1,953,345)	(1,953,345)
Total shareholders’ equity	11,269,070	11,105,461
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and shareholders’ equity	$ 28,720,049	$ 27,698,270

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred and payable, pertaining to costs that are statutory in nature, are incurred on contractual obligations, or accumulate over time and for which invoices have not yet been received or will not be rendered. Examples include taxes, interest, rent and utilities. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer).