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Fair Value Measurements | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Fair Value Measurements [Abstract] |
Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis |
|  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | Balance Sheet Location
Foreign currency forward contracts not designated as hedging instruments |  | $ | 2,227 |  |  | $ | 1,568 |  |  | Other current assets and prepaid expenses
Total derivative assets |  | $ | 2,227 |  |  | $ | 1,568 |  |  |
Foreign currency forward contracts not designated as hedging instruments |  | $ | 1,399 |  |  | $ | 2,392 |  |  | Accrued and other liabilities
Cash flow hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap agreements |  | — |  |  | 371 |  | Accrued and other liabilities
Cross currency swap agreements |  | 13,093 |  |  | — |  |  | Accrued and other liabilities
Interest rate swap agreements |  | 2,502 |  |  | 1,548 |  |  | Other non-current liabilities
Cross currency swap agreements |  | 6,297 |  |  | 4,706 |  |  | Other non-current liabilities
Total derivative liabilities |  | $ | 23,291 |  |  | $ | 9,017 |  |  |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=117815213&loc=d3e19207-110258 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=117815213&loc=d3e19207-110258 + Details
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